THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS : 5th Big Printing (Dell, 1438

Mary McCarthy

Published by Dell Publishing, New York, NY, 1963

About this Item

Text/As New showing faint discoloration. Vintage 1963, 5th Printing. Softcover/NF w/edge rubs, small loss to upper front corner & light surface wear. Text edges, dyed green, with discoloration. Fiction. Collection of 6 short stories, set in the 1930's, starring the same protagonist? Autobiographical? Fiction? --- Yes to queries. Debut work by novelist & social activist Mary Therese McCarthy (1912- 1989) loosely combining 6 narratives first published in periodicals. Adventures of Margaret Sargent, or "Meg" --- a college graduate living in New York City in the 1930s. A young woman whose early marriage ends in divorce (her choice, disappointing both husband & illicit lover) --- an editorial assistant for a politically liberal magazine while mingling w/prestigious literary personages of the time (some of the characters are thinly veiled actual acquaintanceships with well-known intellectuals such as Edmund Wilson and Philip Rahv). Beautifully written. Seller Inventory # 018923

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS : 5th Big Printing (...

Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1963

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued

Edition: Reprint, 5th Printing, 1963