His Family

""His Family"" is a novel written by Ernest Poole that centers around the life of a man named Roger Gale. The story takes place in New York City during the early 1900s and explores the dynamics of family, marriage, and social class during this time period.Roger Gale is a successful businessman who has built a comfortable life for himself and his family. However, as he approaches middle age, he begins to question the meaning and purpose of his life. He becomes increasingly disillusioned with his materialistic lifestyle and begins to long for something more meaningful.As Roger struggles to find his place in the world, he must also navigate the complex relationships within his family. His wife, Edith, is a socialite who is more concerned with appearances than with the emotional needs of her family. His daughter, Deborah, is an idealistic young woman who is passionate about social justice and the plight of the poor. His son, Sidney, is a talented musician who is torn between his love of music and his desire to please his father.Through the eyes of Roger and his family, the novel explores the tensions between tradition and progress, wealth and poverty, and individualism and community. It is a poignant and thought-provoking story that offers a glimpse into the complexities of American society during the early 1900s.1916. Poole worked as a journalist campaigning for social reforms including an end to child labor. On the outbreak of the First World War he worked as a war correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post. His Family won the first Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1918. His Family, a portrait of a New York family, begins: He was thinking of the town he had known. Not of old New York-he had heard of that from old, old men when he himself had still been young and had smiled at their garrulity. He was thinking of a young New York, the mighty throbbing city to which he had come long ago as a lad from the New Hampshire mountains. A place of turbulent thoroughfares, of shouting drivers, hurrying crowds, the crack of whips and the clatter of wheels; an uproarious, thrilling town of enterprise, adventure, youth; a city of pulsing energies, the center of a boundless land; a port of commerce with all the world, of stately ships with snowy sails; a fascinating pleasure town, with throngs of eager travelers hurrying from the ferryboats and rolling off in hansom cabs to the huge hotels on Madison Square. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.