Ellen Glasgow

Broschiertes Buch

Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage

Beschreibung

This book contains Ellen Glasgow's 1916 novel, "Life and Gabriella". Gabriella is a young woman from a good family who has fallen on hard times. Forced to get a job that puts her between social groups, Gabriella embarks on a treacherous journey through the social strata of turn-of-the-century Richmond, Virginia. This marvellous novel would make for a great addition to any bookshelf, and is highly recommended for fans of Glasgow's work. Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1873 - 1945) was an American writer famous for portraying the changing world of the American south. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Autor

Gholson, Ellen Anderson Glasgow, an American novelist who lived from April 22, 1873, to November 21, 1945, was the recipient of the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her book in This Our Life. She received positive reviews for her 20 novels and short stories. Unlike the romantic escapism that typified Southern literature following Reconstruction, Glasgow, a lifelong Virginian, depicted the evolving South in a realistic way. The young Glasgow, who was born on April 22, 1873, in Richmond, Virginia, was raised differently from other ladies of her aristocratic class than her mother, Anne Jane Gholson (1831-1893), and her husband, Francis Thomas Glasgow. Glasgow had the equivalent of a high school education at home in Richmond due to her bad health, which was later diagnosed as chronic heart illness. Despite this, she studied extensively in European and British literature, social and political theory, and philosophy. Glasgow authored 20 novels, a book of short tales, a book of poetry, and a book of literary criticism during the course of more than 40 years of literary output. When she was 24 years old, her debut book, The Descendant (1897), was published under pseudonyms after being written in secret. After her mother passed away in 1893, she partially destroyed the manuscript.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Muschamp Press
• Seitenzahl: 634
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 882g
• ISBN-13: 9781443707206
• ISBN-10: 1443707201
• Artikelnr.: 24955485