The Country Wife

New York, New York, Usa: William Sloane Associates, 1950. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Korach, Mimi . Book Club Edition. In Very Good Used Condition. With Minor Wear And Tear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Dorothy Van Doren Writes Beguilingly About The Summers She And Husband Mark Van Doren Led At The Connecticut Farm They Purchased As Newlyweds In The Early 20Th Century. First Published In 1950, A Country Wife Deals With Gentle Joys (And Occasional Mishaps) During The Van Dorens' Quarter Century Of Married Life Up To That Date. Van Doren's Writing Is Always Straightforward And Personable, Always Insightful, Often Funny. In Mid-Century, As A Successful Writer In Her Own Right, She Chose Not To Piggyback On The Greater Fame Of Her Husband (Only Identified As "The Professor"), Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Critic, And Columbia University Professor Mark. (Perhaps Just As Well, When She Pretends Awe At His Sometimes "Poetic" Bouts Of Profanity During Unprofessorial Feats Of Carpentry, Gardening And Cattle Wrangling.) For Later Readers, The Book Is Shadowed With The Sadness Of The Late '50'S Quiz Show Scandal Involving The Van Dorens' Older Son, Charles, The Basis For The Movie "Quiz Show." But At The Time Of Van Doren's Writing, Scandal Is Still In The Unimaginable Future. The Only Sadness Lies In Knowing That, Come September, She And Her Family Must Leave Their Beloved Farm For The Big City.