02655cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000430011324500260015626400510018230000470023333600260028033700260030633800360033250000310036850800140039952014660041353400780187965300420195765300390199965300370203865300240207565300230209970000320212285600650215485600430221999900190226277875UtSlPG20260610134814.0mcr n260607r20261921utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMartin, Helen Reimensnyder,d1868-193914aThe marriage of Susan 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-02-06  aAl Haines  a"The marriage of Susan" by Helen Reimensnyder Martin is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set among Pennsylvania Dutch and Mennonite communities, it centers on Susan Schrekengust, a capable village schoolteacher, and her fraught courtship with the status-conscious Sidney Houghton. The story probes class prejudice, romantic idealism versus practicality, and a woman's resolve to protect her dignity and future amid social pressure.

The opening of the novel follows Sidney’s mother to Reifsville, where she tries to end her son’s engagement; Susan’s poise—and a quick, strategic tale that the powerful Uncle George wants to wed her—disarms the older woman. A visit to Susan’s home contrasts the refined parlor with her plain, loving Mennonite family, and Sidney presses Susan to accept a “natural” union despite money worries, exposing sharp differences in class and in ideas about love and marriage. Months later, his letters cool as society notices pair him with Laura Beresford; when Susan confronts him, she finds he has sold the furniture bought with her savings and he tries to break away, until she firmly insists on marriage for the sake of their expected child—at which moment Laura arrives and Susan collapses. At the start of the next section, a year later, Susan is teaching in a new district, emotionally drained and intent on avoiding the unwelcome pursuit of Joe Houghton. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cGarden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921  aInheritance and succession -- Fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aAmerican fiction -- 20th century  aFamilies -- Fiction  aSpouses -- Fiction1 aDeMaris, Walter,d1877-19474 uhttps://archive.org/details/marriagesusan00martgoog/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77875  c118595d118595