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100 1 _aMartin, Helen Reimensnyder,
_d1868-1939
245 1 4 _aThe marriage of Susan
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-02-06
508 _aAl Haines
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cGarden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921
653 _aInheritance and succession -- Fiction
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aAmerican fiction -- 20th century
653 _aFamilies -- Fiction
653 _aSpouses -- Fiction
700 1 _aDeMaris, Walter,
_d1877-1947
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/marriagesusan00martgoog/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77875
999 _c118595
_d118595