Which James M. Cain novel is the story of a middle-class, single mother's attempt to maintain her and her children's social position during the Great Depression by leaving her husband and supporting them on her own?
a. Double Indemnity
b. The Postman Always Rings Twice
c. Mildred Pierce
d. Serenade
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a. Double Indemnity
b. The Postman Always Rings Twice
c. Mildred Pierce
d. Serenade
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James M. Cain
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born
December 13, 1901
died
October 27, 1977
gender
male
place of birth
Annapolis, Maryland, The United States
genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
about this author
James Mallahan Cain was an American journalist and novelist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labelling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the roman noir.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain avg rating 3.82 — 1,112 ratings — published 1934 30 editions |
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Double Indemnity by James M. Cain avg rating 4.04 — 663 ratings — published 1936 14 editions |
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Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain avg rating 3.98 — 272 ratings — published 1941 20 editions |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories by James M. Cain avg rating 4.23 — 111 ratings — published 1943 3 editions |
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Three by Cain: Serenade, Love's Lovely Counterfeit, The Butterfly by James M. Cain avg rating 4.11 — 38 ratings — published 1989 |
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Serenade by James M. Cain avg rating 3.88 — 40 ratings — published 1937 13 editions |
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The Butterfly by James M. Cain avg rating 3.28 — 36 ratings — published 1947 8 editions |
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The Baby in the Icebox and Other Short Fiction by James M. Cain avg rating 3.78 — 23 ratings — published 1981 3 editions |
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Love's Lovely Counterfeit by James M. Cain avg rating 3.45 — 20 ratings — published 1942 3 editions |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice & Double Indemnity by James M. Cain avg rating 3.88 — 8 ratings — published 1988 |
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"Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate."
— James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
— James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
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"Gee I'm glad."
"Me too. I'm so sick of hot dogs and beer and apple pie with cheese on the side I could heave it all in the river."
"You'll love it, Frank. We'll get a place up in the mountains, where it's cool, and then, after I get my act ready, we can go all over the world with it. Go as we please, do as we please, and have plenty of money to spend. Have you got a little bit of gypsy in you?"
"Gypsy? I had rings in my ears when I was born."
— James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
"Gee I'm glad."
"Me too. I'm so sick of hot dogs and beer and apple pie with cheese on the side I could heave it all in the river."
"You'll love it, Frank. We'll get a place up in the mountains, where it's cool, and then, after I get my act ready, we can go all over the world with it. Go as we please, do as we please, and have plenty of money to spend. Have you got a little bit of gypsy in you?"
"Gypsy? I had rings in my ears when I was born."
— James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
"I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought."
— James M. Cain
— James M. Cain
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