Adversary in the House

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Adversary in the House
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First edition (publ. Doubleday)
Author Irving Stone
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
September 26, 1947

Adversary in the House (1947) is a biographical novel by American writer Irving Stone, [1] based on the life of prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs and of his wife Kate, who was opposed to socialism. [a] The book is Irving Stone's portrayal of Debs's "tempestuous relationship with a wife who rejects the very values he holds most dear". [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Kate Debs seemed to have been so hostile to Debs's socialist activities - it threatened her sense of middle-class respectability - that novelist Irving Stone was led to call her, in the title of his fictional portrayal of the life of Debs, the Adversary in the House. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Adversary in the House". Kirkus Reviews . September 1, 1947. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ Bell, Daniel (1996). Marxian Socialism in the United States. Cornell University Press. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-8014-8309-7.
  3. ↑ Davies, Blaine. "Adversary in the House by Irving Stone". US History II. Boise State University. Archived from the original on October 14, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2024.


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