Vein of Iron

Set in the historic Great Valley of Virginia during the years 1900 -- 1932, this absorbing novel centers on the love and marriage of Ada Fincastle, daughter of a hardy Scotch-Irish family. The Fincastles are descended from pioneer settlers who survived Indian wars and the rigors of frontier life. The hardships that Ada Fincastle faces during the early days of the Depression are no less severe, but she draws on the same vein of iron, the courage of generations, to endure and win. Vein of Iron has been widely praised as the finest work of Ellen Glasgow's distinguished career.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

A love story told against the background of a Scotish-Irish family through three generations in a Virginia village.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ellen Glasgow
• Edition: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 18.10.1967
• EAN: 9780156934763
• ISBN: 978-0-15-693476-3
• Pages: 416
• Poids: 4531 g
• Thèmes: Harvest/HBJ Book; Harvest/HBJ Book
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Historical romance, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Family life fiction, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), First World War fiction, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Historical / World War I, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, Classic fiction: general and literary, FICTION: Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II