She Takes a Lover 1932 ANTHONY THORNE's First Novel ~ portrays a Modern Independent Woman and her affair, set in Europe ~ Fiction

Title: She Takes a Lover

Author: Anthony Thorne

Description: First edition. Crimson cloth boards with white lettering. A bit of fading along edges of cloth. Interior is unmarked. Some minor soiling on a few pages. Dust jacket has some chipping and a couple tears; color faded on spine; old repairs on reverse side; front flap clipped but still showing the publisher's price of $2.00; in a clear archival sleeve. 245 pages. 7.4 x 5.1 inches. Scarce.

The first novel by British author and playwright Anthony Thorne (1904-1973). He was the author of several books and published his final work in 1957. Two of his more popular novels were Delay in the Sun (1935) and Fruit in Season (1938).

Set in Bohemian London and Paris and the English countryside, She Takes a Lover is the tale of the young and pretty Frances Dane, whose husband falls off a cliff in Switzerland on page one. In her new freedom, she decides to focus on developing her self and pursuing independence, but ends up taking a lover, goaded on by her vicarious mother-in law. But the relationship ultimately disappoints, and the dissolute gentleman departs, leaving her with child. A novel portraying a modern woman's attitude to love.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good–

Publisher: Macmillan Company
Place: New York
Year: 1932

Keywords: novel, fiction, modern love, European,