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The Company She Keeps (1942) is the debut and a semi-autobiographical novel by American writer Mary McCarthy. It is an unconventional work, tracing the journey of a highly politicized young Catholic college graduate through various stages of emotional development, in unusually frank and revealing detail.
The Company She Keeps is a 1951 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer and Dennis O'Keefe. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. Cromwell's film of the previous year, Caged, also concerned a woman sent to prison. It marked Jeff Bridges' film debut.
The Company She Keeps. Mary McCarthy. 3.76. 910 ratings116 reviews. These six brilliantly written episodes, brought together in Mary McCarthy's first novel, create a fascinating portrait of a 1930s New York social circle.
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The Company She Keeps, first novel by Mary McCarthy. Originally published as six separate short stories, the novel appeared in 1942. Protagonist Margaret Sargent, a young student at a women’s college, “a princess among the trolls,” is based upon the author herself.
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Jan 13, 2003 · She is ahead of her time and yet reflects perfectly the time and place from whence she writes - Bohemian New York of the intelligentsia during the 1930s and 40s. Margaret Sheridan's life is related through a series of liason's with various men who ultimately misuse and disappoint her.
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Aug 6, 2013 · Mary McCarthy, author of the bestselling American classic The Group, burst boldly onto the literary scene with her provocative debut, The Company She Keeps. A brilliant, stylistically...
Oct 4, 2011 · by. McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989. Publication date. 1970. Publisher. San Diego, CA : Harcourt, Brace. Collection. internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor.
