Customs of courtship vary greatly in different times and places, but the way the thing happens to be done here and now always seems the only natural way to do it.
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Marjorie Morningstar.
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Marjorie, an aspiring young actress with romantic dreams, finds happiness in her middle class fate after frustrating ambitions and a disillusioning love affair.
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Jewish women, Jews, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction in English, Fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Large type books, New york (state), fiction, Jews--united states--fiction, Jewish women--fiction, Ps3545.o98 m3 1983, 813.54, Actors and actresses, Jewish families, Young women, Jewish fiction, Love stories, Fiction, general, Jews, fiction, United states, fictionPlaces
New York (N.Y.), United States, New YorkTimes
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Table of Contents
Part I.
Marjorie
Page 1
Chapter 1.
Marjorie
Page 1
Chapter 2.
Prince Charming
Page 11
Chapter 3.
George
Page 18
Part II.
Marsha
Page 34
Chapter 4.
Sandy and Marjorie
Page 34
Chapter 5.
Sandy’s Ambitions
Page 40
Chapter 6.
Marsha Zelenko
Page 46
Chapter 7.
An Evening at the Zelenkos’
Page 53
Chapter 8.
The Uncle
Page 63
Chapter 9.
The Bar-Mitzva
Page 68
Chapter 10.
Mr. Klabber
Page 82
Chapter 11.
Noel Airman
Page 89
Part III.
Sodom
Page 105
Chapter 12.
Wally Wronken
Page 105
Chapter 13.
A Kiss under the Lilacs
Page 118
Chapter 14.
Marjorie at South Wind
Page 127
Chapter 15.
Shirley
Page 139
Chapter 16.
The Red Glasses
Page 148
Chapter 17.
The Rowboat
Page 154
Chapter 18.
The Toreador
Page 166
Chapter 19.
The South Wind Waltz
Page 176
Chapter 20.
No Dishes to Vash
Page 190
Part IV.
Noel
Page 201
Chapter 21.
Return of Marsha
Page 201
Chapter 22.
Guy Flamm
Page 209
Chapter 23.
The New Noel
Page 217
Chapter 24.
The Engagement Party
Page 225
Chapter 25.
Muriel
Page 235
Chapter 26.
Sam Rothmore
Page 244
Chapter 27.
The Seder
Page 251
Chapter 28.
Imogene
Page 263
Chapter 29.
Brief Career of an Evangelist
Page 270
Chapter 30.
Noel’s Theory
Page 278
Chapter 31.
Dr. Shapiro
Page 288
Chapter 32.
Dinner at the Waldorf
Page 302
Chapter 33.
Princess Jones is Produced
Page 310
Chapter 34.
Marsha’s Farewell Speech
Page 324
Chapter 35.
The Breaking of a Glass
Page 331
Chapter 36.
Another Glass Breaks
Page 338
Part V.
My Object All Sublime
Page 350
Chapter 37.
The Nightmare
Page 350
Chapter 38.
How to Discard a Mistress Gracefully
Page 355
Chapter 39.
The Bad Year
Page 364
Chapter 40.
A First-Class Ticket to Europe
Page 370
Chapter 41.
The Man on the Boat Deck
Page 383
Chapter 42.
A Game of Ping-Pong
Page 390
Chapter 43.
The Premonition
Page 403
Chapter 44.
In Pursuit of Noel
Page 415
Chapter 45.
Noel Found
Page 428
Chapter 46.
The South Wind Waltz: Reprise
Page 445
Chapter 47.
The Man She Married
Page 453
Chapter 48.
Wally Wronken’s Diary
Page 466
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