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Portrait of a Marriage (1948)

de Pearl S. Buck

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A wealthy painter falls in love with an illiterate Pennsylvania farm girl in this novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Good Earth.   At the turn of the century, an upper-class painter from Philadelphia goes searching for inspiration. He finds his muse on a farm--the farmer's beautiful and humble daughter. His portrait of her becomes one of his most inspired works, but his passion for the illiterate girl doesn't stop at the easel: He returns to marry her and settle down to country life--a journey that means bridging enormous gaps between their cultures, breaking from his parents, and creating tension between their friends. Pearl S. Buck compassionately imagines both sides of the complex marriage, and in addition, creates a wonderfully vivid picture of America leading up to the Second World War.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate.… (més)
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This is about a marriage between a wealthy man who finds a young girl in a country village and decides to paint her. Although their backgrounds are different, they are drawn to eachother. Beautifully written of course, but sad and somewhat tedious after a while. I have loved everything else of Pearl Buck that I have read, but I am not sure about this book. Was marriage a mistake, or was it not? ( )
  krazy4katz | Dec 31, 2017 |
When William Barton and Ruth Harnsbarger meet by chance and fall in love they know that their marriage will be a challenging one because they come from two very different worlds. His family is one of the wealthiest in America, and his life revolves around his painting. Her's is made up of poor farmers who have lived in the same house for generations and look down on William for his inability to do any real work. In spite of their drastically different backgrounds, they remain happily married for nearly 50 years and enlarge their family with three children and numerous grandchildren.

This isn't one of Buck's best novels because she tries to do too much instead of focusing in on a single theme. In the beginning of the book, the dynamic between William and Ruth's two opposing worlds is the focus. In the middle, it switches to how the family is affected by World War I and World War II. By the end, it concentrates on how William and Ruth's differences have been passed down to the children and grandchildren. Altogether, the book is ok, and the story seems a bit dated. ( )
  AmandaL. | Jan 16, 2016 |
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  Reina55 | May 31, 2008 |
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What makes a happy marriage? It is a question which all men and women ask one another. Men and women try to find teh answer, for their own marriages. They try and they fail: They try and they succeed. Sometimes the most apparently mismated couples achieve the most happy marriages.

The answer is to be found, I think, in the mutual discovery, by two who marry, of the deepest need of the other's personality, and the satisfaction of that need. The satisfaction must of course be mutual. A happy marriage cannot be built upon sacrifice. Nor even upon willingness. It must be built upon joy.
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A wealthy painter falls in love with an illiterate Pennsylvania farm girl in this novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Good Earth.   At the turn of the century, an upper-class painter from Philadelphia goes searching for inspiration. He finds his muse on a farm--the farmer's beautiful and humble daughter. His portrait of her becomes one of his most inspired works, but his passion for the illiterate girl doesn't stop at the easel: He returns to marry her and settle down to country life--a journey that means bridging enormous gaps between their cultures, breaking from his parents, and creating tension between their friends. Pearl S. Buck compassionately imagines both sides of the complex marriage, and in addition, creates a wonderfully vivid picture of America leading up to the Second World War.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate.

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