Miss Lulu Bett is a 1920 novel by American writer Zona Gale, later adapted for the stage. It was a bestseller at the time of its initial publication, but gradually fell out of favor through changing tastes and social conditions. It was the first play by a woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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