the Unlit Lamp And Selected Stories Paperback -

The Unlit Lampclaudine Has Been Raised In ALiberal, Accepting Family, And Is Used To Getting Her WayWhen She Decides To Marry Gilbert Vincelle, Her Mother Is ShockedHe Just Isn?t Right For HerHer Mother Sees Him As APompous, Obstinate Youth, Humorless And HideboundBut Claudine Is AdamantAfter The Wedding, She Quickly Realizes Her MistakeBut Her Family Is Just As Adamant?claudine Has Made Her Choice, And Now Must Adapt To Her New HusbandWhich She Does By Withdrawing Into Herself, Stifling Her Creative And Carefree Nature, And Accommodating Her Stodgy New Husband.as The Years Go By, Claudine Has Three Wonderful Children, And Pours All Her Energy And Love Into Them InsteadThere Is Bertie, The Youngest, Careless And Flippant, Edna, The Accepting Middle Child, And Andrée, Her First Born, Her Favorite?and Headstrong, So Like HerselfBut When Andrée Falls In Love With The Wrong Man, Claudine Is Quick To Forget Her Own Experiences, And Does Everything In Her Power To Discourage Her Young DaughterAfter All, How Could Andrée Do This To Her ?And How Will Claudine Live Without Her?the Unlit Lamp Is An Emotionally Charged Social Drama From , Filled With The Issues That Burned So Bright During The Roaring s As Changing Morals Began To Break Down The Traditional Family Structures Of The Past.also Included Are Six Stories From Munsey Magazines Of The s, Each One An Incisive Delight, Filled With The Contrarybutwellmeaning Characters That Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Portrays So Well.  '