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Title: Jane, a Product of Her Times
Review: This 1931 winner of the Pulitzer Prize is a reading must for those who wish to get a glimps of life in America at the turn of the 20th century as it is lived by well-to-do segment of society. The story revolves around Jane Ward beginning as a school girl in Chicago and her early encounter with love and the objections of her parents who will not allow it. She never forgets Andre, her first love, as she eventually settles for a tidy but unexciting marriage to Steven. She just excapes what will surely be a disaster when she comes to her senses about Jimmy, the free spirited drifter husband of Agnes, her long-time friend and former roommate at Bryn Mawr. Jane witnesses life going on around her as she matures into a middle-aged lady but she always feels unable to influence events as her own children take on lives of their own. "I don't act at all...I just drift."
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