Patricia Brent, Spinster

Herbert George Jenkins' 'Patricia Brent, Spinster' ingeniously intertwines the vivacious sensibilities of early 20th-century romance with the drollery of its era's social mores. The novel's literary style, lightly comedic yet suffused with poignant undertones, endears its readers to the youthful plight of Patricia Brent. As a 20-something secretary, Patricia, incensed by her housemates' insinuatio...