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Helen Halsey, or the Swamp State of Conelachita - A Tale of the Borders

English · Hardback

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In this novelette, William Gilmore Simms records one of the awful realities of America's early frontier, that of women trapped in ill-fated marriages. Forced into a union with her lover, Helen Halsey is exploited and victimized in a domestic situation from which there is no release.Utilizing the compression of the short novel form, Simms weaves elaborate plot lines of violence, romance, and intrigue to create a fast-moving, action-packed tale of an America just beginning its search for identity, justice, and spiritual truth. Edgar Allan Poe said of Simms that "in invention, in vigor, in movement, in the power of exciting interest, and in the artistical arrangement of his themes," he surpassed "any of his countrymen."


Product details

Authors William Gilmore Simms
Assisted by John Caldwell Guilds (Editor)
Publisher The University of Arkansas Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.07.1998
 
EAN 9781557285140
ISBN 978-1-55728-514-0
No. of pages 149
Dimensions 160 mm x 237 mm x 19 mm
Weight 390 g
Series SIMMs
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries

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