Book #55662

Never Been Kissed: a Novel of Music Hall and Vaudeville

Allan Prior

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: Second Printing
Publisher: New York, Hagerstown, ET AL: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978.
ISBN: 0060133856

Price: $50.00

A handsome first Printing of the First Edition housed in an equally unblemished dust-jacket.

In the tradition of Vanity Fair and The Help, Never Been Kissed is the captivating story of a young woman's search for love and independence in the tumultuous world of music hall and vaudeville.

Meg Murray is a determined young woman from a poor family in the coal-mining town of Newcastle, Pennsylvania. When Meg's father dies, she is forced to leave school to help support her family. She finds her way to the music hall circuit, where she meets and befriends the charismatic Bernie Rose. Bernie takes Meg under his wing, teaching her the art of stagecraft and showmanship.

As Meg and Bernie become successful performers, they find themselves at the center of a love triangle with Bernie's rival, the handsome and successful nightclub owner, Jack Fenton. Meg is torn between her love for Bernie and her growing attraction to Jack.

As the Great War breaks out and the music hall circuit gradually falls into decline, Meg and Bernie are forced to; 8vo; 389 pages.