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The Perennial Bachelor

First published: 1925
Pages: 208

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Anne Parrish's 1925 bestseller follows the Campion family across several decades of comfortable American life, with nearly all its warmth turned toward one person. Victor, the only son among devoted sisters and an adoring mother, grows up shielded from every hardship and expectation. The women arrange their lives around his, smoothing his path and quietly setting aside their own hopes, and the very love that surrounds him keeps him from ever growing up or marrying. Parrish tells the story with irony and tenderness at once, watching how good intentions can slowly hollow out a life. It was one of the most talked-about novels of its year and made her name. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available to download.

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Anne Parrish

Anne Parrish (1888-1957) was an American novelist and children's author born in Colorado into a family of painters. Several of her adult novels became bestsellers in the 1920s and 1930s, admired for their wit and their sharp, unsentimental portraits of family life and self-deception.

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