The Persistent Image

The Persistent Image is a novel by the American writer Gladys Schmitt (1909–1972), It set in a fictional version of 1950s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Persistent Image

First edition
Author	Gladys Schmitt
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	The Dial Press
Publication date	1955
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	308
OCLC	1263265

A romance, John Reiber and Helen Cameron overcome the obstacles that stand between them: his resentment of her higher class, his inability to forgive her for her former marriage, and his hatred of the divorced husband. Reiber's shame lessens gradually over his own family's lower middle class pretensions, and he confronts reality.

Novelist Gladys Schmitt, a Pittsburgh native, taught literature and writing at Carnegie Mellon University from 1942 to 1972.

References

• Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1123-X.
• Schmitt, Gladys (1955). The Persistent Image. New York: The Dial Press.