Adversary in the House

Adversary in the House
	First edition (publ. Doubleday)
Author	Irving Stone
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	September 26, 1947

Adversary in the House (1947) is a biographical novel by American writer Irving Stone,^[1] based on the life of prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs and of his wife Kate, who was opposed to socialism.^[a] The book is Irving Stone's portrayal of Debs's "tempestuous relationship with a wife who rejects the very values he holds most dear".^[3]

Notes

^ Kate Debs seemed to have been so hostile to Debs's socialist activities - it threatened her sense of middle-class respectability - that novelist Irving Stone was led to call her, in the title of his fictional portrayal of the life of Debs, the Adversary in the House.^[2]

References

^ "Adversary in the House". Kirkus Reviews. September 1, 1947. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
^ Bell, Daniel (1996). Marxian Socialism in the United States. Cornell University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8014-8309-7.
^ Davies, Blaine. "Adversary in the House by Irving Stone". US History II. Boise State University. Archived from the original on October 14, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2024.

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[3] Kate Debs seemed to have been so hostile to Debs's socialist activities - it threatened her sense of middle-class respectability - that novelist Irving Stone was led to call her, in the title of his fictional portrayal of the life of Debs, the Adversary in the House.^[2]

[1] "Adversary in the House". Kirkus Reviews. September 1, 1947. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

[Bell-2] Bell, Daniel (1996). Marxian Socialism in the United States. Cornell University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8014-8309-7.

[4] Davies, Blaine. "Adversary in the House by Irving Stone". US History II. Boise State University. Archived from the original on October 14, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2024.

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