num_pages: 416
description: The Heart of Rachel is a novel written by Kathleen Norris. The story revolves around the life of Rachel Orcutt, a young woman who is forced to leave her home in the Midwest and move to New York City to live with her Aunt Lizzie. Rachel's father has recently passed away, leaving her family in financial distress. Rachel is unhappy with her new life in the city, but she soon meets and falls in love with a young lawyer named Richard. However, their relationship is complicated by the fact that Richard's mother disapproves of Rachel's background and tries to end their relationship. Rachel must navigate the challenges of her new life in the city while also fighting for her love with Richard. The Heart of Rachel explores themes of love, family, and the struggle to find one's place in the world.1916. Frontispiece by Charles E. Chambers. Kathleen Norris was a writer of romantic novels and short stories that had enormous appeal, particularly to women. A favorite theme involved virtuous women grappling with moral issues, for instance, affairs with married men. Her writings were labeled as sentimental and honest. The book The day had opened so brightly, in such welcome wave of April sunshine, that by mid-afternoon there were two hundred players scattered over the links of the Long Island Country Club at Belvedere Bay; the men in thick plaid stockings and loose striped sweaters, the women�������s scarlet coats and white skirts making splashes of vivid color against the fresh green of grass and the thick powdering of dandelions. It was Saturday, and a half-holiday; it was that one day of all the year when the seasons change places, when winter is visibly worsted, and summer, with warmth and relaxation, bathing and tennis and motor trips in the moonlight, becomes again a reality. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
language: English
title: The Heart of Rachel
titlecomplete: The Heart of Rachel
genres: Classics, Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 123
publisher: Kessinger Publishing