Author: Doris Lessing Year: 1952 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Classic Culture: Africa
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Intelligent, sensitive, and fiercely passionate, Martha Quest is a young woman living on a farm in Africa, feeling her way through the torments of adolescence and early womanhood. She is a romantic idealistic in revolt against the puritan snobbery of her parents, trying to live to the full with every nerve, emotion, and instinct laid bare to experience. For her, this is a time of solitary reading daydreams, dancing -- and the first disturbing encounters with sex. The first of Doris Lessing's timeless Children of Violence novels, Martha Quest is an endearing masterpiece.
This book is part of the "Children of Violence" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Four-Gated City" First published in 1969 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Landlocked" First published in 1965 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Proper Marriage" First published in 1954 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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