A Lost Lady
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A great book. First published AD 1923, written in English
A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by American writer Willa Cather. It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester, who live in the western town of Sweet Water along the Transcontinental Railroad. Throughout the story, Marian—a wealthy married socialite—is pursued by a variety of suitors. Her social decline is seen to represent the end of the American frontier. F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby was significantly influenced by this work.
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The Great GatsbyGreat book
F. Scott Fitzgerald, AD 1925
Willa Cather's Marian Forrester, an alluring married woman idealised by a young man who watches her from a distance, is a forerunner of Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald admired the novel so much that he wrote to Cather to apologise for an echo of it in Gatsby.
Source: Wikipedia, The Great Gatsby
“He was particularly influenced by Cather's 1923 work, A Lost Lady, which features a wealthy married socialite pursued by a variety of romantic suitors and who symbolically embodies the American dream.” Read it there
