The Crux
"This story is, first, for young women to read; second, for young men to read; after that, for anybody who wants to. Anyone who doubts its facts and figures is referred to "Social Diseases and Marriage," by Dr. Prince Morrow, or to "Hygiene and Morality," by Miss Lavinia Dock, a trained nurse of long experience.
Some will hold that the painful facts disclosed are unfit for young girls to know. Young girls are precisely the ones who must know them, in order that they may protect themselves and their children to come. The time to know of danger is before it is too late to avoid it." From the Preface to The Crux.
A novel about the potential dangers of syphilis to one over-sheltered but rebellious young woman in 19th century America and the circle of friends who counsel her against making a disastrous marriage. - Summary by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Winnifred Assmann
Genre(s): Published 1900 onward
Language: English
Keyword(s): romance (1050), women (90), feminist fiction (29), sexually transmitted diseases (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | 0. Prefatory materials | Winnifred Assmann |
00:02:07 |
| Play 01 | I. The Back Way | Winnifred Assmann |
00:24:20 |
| Play 02 | II. Bainville Effects | Winnifred Assmann |
00:33:12 |
| Play 03 | III. The Outbreak | Winnifred Assmann |
00:25:00 |
| Play 04 | IV. Transplanted | Winnifred Assmann |
00:23:03 |
| Play 05 | V. Contrasts | Winnifred Assmann |
00:27:46 |
| Play 06 | VI. New Friends and Old | Winnifred Assmann |
00:24:53 |
| Play 07 | VII. Side Lights | Winnifred Assmann |
00:28:14 |
| Play 08 | VIII. A Mixture | Winnifred Assmann |
00:34:51 |
| Play 09 | IX. Consequences | Winnifred Assmann |
00:29:30 |
| Play 10 | X. Determination | Winnifred Assmann |
00:30:40 |
| Play 11 | XI. Thereafter | Winnifred Assmann |
00:30:35 |
| Play 12 | XII. Achievements | Winnifred Assmann |
00:33:25 |