Kitty Foyle by Morley, Christopher - 1939

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1945. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear to boards, some fading and staining to spine cloth; on front pastedown. Kitty Foyle is a 1939 American novel by Christopher Morley. A bestseller in 1939 and 1940, it was adapted as a popular 1940 film.The novel tells of a white-collar girl who falls in love with a young socialite, despite the objections of his family. Contemporary Authors noted: "Central to the story is protagonist Kitty's affair with the affluent Wyn Strafford. Critics heatedly debated Morley's sexual sensationalism," notably her out-of-wedlock pregnancy and abortion.The story is told by Kitty in the first person. A sociologist suggests that "Kitty, in her observations of the mores and behavior patterns of the upper class acts as the anthropological alter ego of Morley, viewing the upper class from the outside.

Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1958 . S-1491, good, reprint, paperback,

Penguin Books. NY: Penguin Books, Inc. , 1944 4th. 529 , good , , paperback,

Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Books. NY: Penguin Books, Inc. , 1944 2nd. 529 , good - very good , creases, , paperback,

J. B. Lippincott Co, 1940. 12th. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 0x0x0. Philadelphia, 1940; green cloth covered boards; spine edge wear; no dust jacket; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; previous owner's name on free front end paper; 340 pages.

New York: Armed Services Edition. Later printing. Paperback. Good. Oblong 12mo, 285+ pages, green and red wrappers, upper right corners curled Number R-25 in this series. Kitty Foyle is representative of a generation of women who were children in the 1920's, and girls in the 1930's and who have known a special kind of joy and trouble. In school, in business, in love, in her struggle against a massive and forzen social tradition - and in her defeat which looks strangely like victory - we get to know and admire her.

J.B. Lippincott , 1939. Book. Good. Paperback. An Armed Forces Edition, Complete And Unabridged. Edge / Corner Wear. .