Lucretia Lombard

Lucretia Lombard is a novel written by Kathleen Norris. The story is set in the early 20th century and follows the life of Lucretia Lombard, a young woman who is forced to leave her comfortable life in New York City and move to a small town in the Midwest after her father's sudden death. Lucretia struggles to adjust to her new surroundings and finds herself isolated and alone.As she tries to make a new life for herself, Lucretia becomes involved with a young man named Jack Rawnley. Despite their different backgrounds and social status, they fall in love and plan to marry. However, their plans are threatened when Lucretia's past comes back to haunt her.The novel explores themes of love, loss, and the struggle for independence in a changing world. It also touches on issues of class and gender roles during the early 20th century. Through Lucretia's journey, the reader is taken on a journey of self-discovery and growth as she learns to navigate the challenges of her new life and find her place in the world.1922. Kathleen Norris was a writer of romantic novels and short stories that had enormous appeal, particularly to women. One of her favorite themes involved virtuous women grappling with moral issues, for instance, affairs with married men. Her writings were labeled as sentimental and honest. Lucretia Lombard begins: In the long drawing-room of the stately home of Judge Samuel Curran and Bessy Emerson Curran, his wife, there reigned an utter, almost an uncanny silence. Yet there were six persons seated there, any one of whom, under ordinary circumstances, might have been considered equal to the demands of a more or less brilliant conversation. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.