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Martha Quest
fictional character
Martha Quest, fictional protagonist of five semiautobiographical novels by Doris Lessing. Called the Children of Violence series, the novels that trace Martha’s life from girlhood to middle age are Martha Quest (1952), A Proper Marriage (1954), A Ripple from the Storm (1958), Landlocked (1965), and The Four-Gated City (1969).
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