Appassionata. By Fannie Hurst. Grosset & Dunlap, Third Printing, February 1926. Publisher's black cloth hardcover. 300 pages. Measures 7 3/4" x 5 1/2". Novel of a woman's "amazing journey through life".

Fannie Hurst (October 18, 1885 - February 23, 1968) was an American novelist. She was born in Ohio to a Jewish family. In 1921, Hurst was among the first to join the Lucy Stone League, an organization that fought for women to preserve their maiden names. She was active in the Urban League, and was appointed to the National Advisory Committee to the Works Progress Administration in 1940. She was also a delegate to the World Health Organization in 1952. Her novels are not well remembered today, and she is best known for screen adaptation of her works such as "Imitation of Life". The first full biography of Hurst was published in 1999 by Brooke Kroeger. Apassionata was one of her lesser known novels, with only one initial print run in 1926.

CONDITION: Book is in very good+ condition. Intact. Pages are clean & bright. No loose or musty pages. Name on front endpaper. Covers are primarily clean; minor stain on front. Hinges are solid. Crease on spine. Not ex-library. From a smoke free home.

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