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Pity Is Not Enough
''Pity is Not Enough'' is a 1933 semi-autobiographical modernist novel by American author Josephine Herbst and the first book in her Trexler family trilogy. It is followed by ''The Executioner Waits'' (1934), and ''Rope of Gold'' (1939). The novels interrelate United States history from Reconstruction to the Great Depression with Herbst's family history, reflecting the ideological crises of the early twentieth century.〔("No Moss," ) ''Time Magazine'', Monday, May. 29, 1933〕 The trilogy has been compared with John Dos Passos's major work, the ''U.S.A.'' trilogy, which was published in the same decade.〔(Rope of Gold book review ) at Monthly Review, Dec, 1985 by Annette T. Rubinstein〕
==Origins and inspiration==
Many characters in the trilogy are inspired by Herbst's family including Victoria, the main character, which is based on Herbst herself, and Joe, inspired by her father. A majority of the political events and themes represented in the novel and its sequels are based on experiences stemming from Herbst's prior work as a Leftist journalist, which was published in ''The New Masses'' and ''The Nation''.
As for the novel's themes and the related title, Herbst wrote of her characters: "pity cannot save them. . . . The old standbys . . . religion, respectability, are so many straw bridges."〔(The Literary Encyclopedia: Josephine Herbst ) by Angela E. Hubler, Kansas State University〕
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