A powerful early twentiethcentury novel of maternal devotion, social aspiration, and the cost of selfsacrifice.In Stella Dallas, Olive Higgins Prouty presents the moving story of a woman determined that her daughter shall have advantages she herself never possessed. Stella, spirited and ambitious, marries into a more refined social world but never entirely belongs within it. As the years pass, her love for her daughter becomes both her defining strength and her quiet tragedy.Prouty examines class aspiration, emotional vulnerability, and the subtle cruelties of social distinction with steady restraint. Stellas efforts to secure her daughters future demand increasing personal sacrifice, culminating in one of the most poignant conclusions in American domestic fiction. The novels enduring power lies in its refusal to sentimentalise either ambition or devotion instead, it renders both with psychological clarity and moral seriousness.First published in 1923, Stella Dallas became a widely read and frequently adapted work, securing Proutys reputation as a novelist attentive to the emotional complexities of women navigating the expectations of modern society.

Binding: Paperback;184 pages; Publisher: Wilder Publications; Classification: N/A; Weight: 398.96 g; Dimensions: N/A

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