Join Fred Starratt on his journey from passivity to empowerment in Charles Caldwell Dobie's classic novel, 'Broken to the Plow'. Set in San Francisco in the 1920s, this early example of middle-class angst explores the themes of gentility and acceptance versus struggle and empowerment. As Fred's world crumbles around him, he finds himself at a crossroads, faced with a choice between succumbing to his fate or taking control of his life.

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Excerpt from Broken to the Plow: A Novel What she had to! He thought over the phrase not with any desire to put Helen in the pillory, but merely to uncover, if possible, the source Of their economic ills. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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