Word: hodde
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...author and her heroine, between whom it is hard to distinguish, have one rare thing in abundance. They have race. They react sharply and lastingly to experiences like Sara Spain's (the heroine's) rescue from the surf by Siercy Hodd, her sweetheart and lover in lazy, lovely Georgia. They abominate the starched prosiness of the northern Haskell clan into which Sara marries, but they are game. After screaming, "Hop-toads!" at elder Haskells, they apologize...
...they are honest. They tell William Henry Haskell IV that he must win Sara or she may run off with Siercy Hodd some day; as she does, to the usual hotel in Atlantic City. Greedy and spoiled though they are, they are captivating ladies, this author and heroine?up to a point...
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