Black oxen
by Gertrude Atherton · 1923
A novel about a middle-aged woman rejuvenated by a glandular operation to youthful external beauty and her romance with a younger playwright in New York and based on author's own experience of glandular treatment.
Fiction, generalUnited states, fictionNineteen twentiesFictionPopular cultureWomenSocial life and customsAnnées vingt (Vingtième siècle)Romans, nouvellesCulture populaireFemmesMœurs et coutumes