Ellen Glasgow

Barren Ground (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The dramatic story of one woman's struggle to find her destiny-and herself-in Reconstruction-era Virginia by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. In the years following the Civil War, joy is hard to come by for twenty-year-old Dorinda Oakley. The daughter of a struggling farmer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Dorinda is an intelligent, independent, and passionate young woman who dreams of life outside of her poor community. For the past year, she has worked at Nathan Pedlar's Store to help her family-but then she falls in love with Jason Greylock, the handsome son of the local doctor. Now the real journey will begin for Dorinda, taking her far away from home and testing the resilience of her heart... A realistic portrayal of the changing, post-Civil War South, Barren Ground achieved critical praise when it was first published in 1925. During her career, author Ellen Glasgow published twenty books, and in 1942 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel In This Our Life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 417
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504067829
• Artikelnr.: 62414589

Autorenporträt

Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) was an influential American novelist who chronicled the social and cultural changes in the American South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here are some key aspects of her life and work. Glasgow published her first novel, The Descendant, in 1897 under the pseudonym Ellen Glasgow. The novel's exploration of heredity and environment set the tone for her later works. Her novels often dealt with themes such as the decline of the Southern aristocracy, the rise of industrialism, the role of women in society, and the conflicts between tradition and progress. Some of her most significant novels include Virginia (1913), Barren Ground (1925), The Sheltered Life (1932), and in This Our Life (1941), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1942. Ellen Glasgow is regarded as one of the leading Southern writers of her time. Her work has been praised for its insight into the changing Southern society and its strong, independent female characters. Ellen Glasgow died on November 21, 1945, in Richmond, Virginia. Her contributions to American literature have continued to be celebrated, and her novels remain an important part of the canon of Southern literature. Ellen Glasgow's keen observations and nuanced portrayals of Southern life have left a lasting impact on American literature, making her an essential figure in the study of the South's cultural and social evolution.