Female (novel)
{{short description|1933 novel by Donald Henderson Clarke}}
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| publisher = Vanguard Press
| release_date = 1933
| media_type = Hardcover, paperback
| pages = 310
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Female is a 1933 novel by Donald Henderson Clarke.Clarke, Donald Henderson. Female. New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. OCLC 11048097 [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11048097 WorldCat] It was translated into Czech as Samička : Román ženy (1934).
Clarke, Donald Henderson. Translated by Fr. Heller. Samička: Román ženy. V Praze: Karel Voleský, 1934.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85522672 WorldCat]
The novel was used as the basis of the feature film Female, produced the same year by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz.[http://imdb.com/title/tt0024008/ Female] at the Internet Movie DatabaseTurner Classic Movies [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/766/female Notes for Female]
Plot
The story is about the rise of determined, emotionally hardened Margy Kane (daughter of a fencer and a parlor maid) from the back alleys of New England to her married life on Park Avenue.
Reception
The book was declared obscene by the Brooklyn Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in 1935."[https://www.nytimes.com/1934/06/23/archives/clarke-book-held-obscene-on-appeal-appellate-division-affirms-the.html Clarke Book Held Obscene On Appeal; Appellate Division Affirms the Conviction of Dealer for Selling Novel 'Female.']" New York Times - Jun 23, 1934.