''The Pathway'' is a 1914 novel by the British writer

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. It was part of her series of bestselling novels set in Rhodesia. It was translated into

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. It continued to be widely read into the early 1930s, when Page's wider popularity began to wane. It was written and set shortly before the outbreak of the

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. One of the issues raised in the novel is the potential inclusion of Rhodesia into the

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which is opposed one of the characters, a politician.Free p.217

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* Free, Melissa. ''Beyond Gold and Diamonds: Genre, the Authorial Informant, and the British South African Novel''. SUNY Press, 2021. * James, Robert. ''Popular culture and working–class taste in Britain, 1930–39: A round of cheap diversions?''. Manchester University Press, 2013. 1914 British novels Novels by Gertrude Page British romance novels Novels set in Rhodesia Ward, Lock & Co. books {{1910s-romance-novel-stub