Virginia Blaine, a young New York telephone operator, marries the wealthy Robert Stafford and moves from a cramped flat into luxury, while her sister Fanny and the brash, social-climbing Jimmy Gilley eye the new fortune. Stafford’s drinking and his sense that he has bought his wife soon force Virginia to decide what her self-respect is worth.
A novel version of George Broadhurst’s hit Broadway play of 1911, a sharp melodrama about money, marriage and pride. Download the free EPUB.