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Unleavened Bread

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Unleavened Bread
Unleavened bread. [a novel]
AuthorRobert Grant
LanguageEnglish
Genrenovel
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
1900
Publication placeUnited States

Unleavened Bread is a 1900 novel by American writer Robert Grant, and one of the best selling books of that year.[1][2]

Plot introduction

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A businessman's selfish wife forces her way into upper society.

Play

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The novel was also adapted into a Broadway play in 1901, directed by Leo Ditrichstein.[3] The "thoroughly detestable" part of Selma White in the play was played by Elizabeth Tyree.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Grant, Robert (1900). Unleavened Bread. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved October 13, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Burt, Daniel S. The Chronology of American Literature, p. 301 (2004)(listing the novel at No. 3 for the year)
  3. ^ ""UNLEAVENED BREAD."; An Ironical Comedy Made Out of the Novel Well Acted". The New York Times. 1901-01-27. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  4. ^ "P.270-1. Famous Actresses of the Day in America Second Series". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
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