Portrait of a Marriage

by Pearl S. Buck

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• ISBN: B000HCQSUW
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An artist's marriage to a peasant girl

Searching for inspiration & a suitable subject for his paintings, the son of a wealthy family comes across a simple country home with a lovely daughter. Struck by her beauty & simplicity, he paints his best picture ever of her working in her parents' kitchen. Returning to the wealthy world of his parents, he cannot forget the girl & returns to marry her. The book follows the subsequent ups & downs of a marriage between a poor hard-working girl and a man accustomed to wealth and leisure, how their love impacts those around them & especially each other. Set in the early 1900's and extending past World War II, it also is a novel evocative of our country's roots.