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Barren Ground is a 1925 novel by Ellen Glasgow giving an account of 30 years in the life of a woman in rural Virginia: Dorinda Oakley is an intelligent, independent and vibrant young lady who is trying find herself and her purpose in life by moving to New York after a love disillusion... Read Full Overview

Barren Ground is a 1925 novel by Ellen Glasgow giving an account of 30 years in the life of a woman in rural Virginia: Dorinda Oakley is an intelligent, independent and vibrant young lady who is trying find herself and her purpose in life by moving to New York after a love... Read Full Overview

Set in Virginia, this novel evokes the irony of change in the rural South. Dorinda Oakley is a passionate, intelligent, and independent young woman struggling to define herself.

Barren Ground is a 1925 novel by Ellen Glasgow giving an account of 30 years in the life of a woman in rural Virginia: Dorinda Oakley is an intelligent, independent and vibrant young lady who is trying find herself and her purpose in life by moving to New York after a love... Read Full Overview

This antiquarian book contains Ellen Glasgow's 1925 novel "Barren Ground". It is the story of a girl named Dorinda Oakley, who lives on a Virginia farm from 1890 to 1920. Her life is suddenly turned upside down however, with the arrival of an unplanned pregnancy. One of Glasgow's... Read Full Overview

Ellen Glasgow's most critically acclaimed novel, and the one she would choose for ""the double-edged blessing of immortality"".

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow's "Barren Ground" offers a compelling portrait of rural life in the Virginia Piedmont. A powerful work of Southern literature, the novel explores the challenges and resilience of women in a changing agricultural landscape. Set against the backdrop... Read Full Overview

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow's "Barren Ground" offers a compelling portrait of rural life in the Virginia Piedmont. A powerful work of Southern literature, the novel explores the challenges and resilience of women in a changing agricultural landscape. Set against the backdrop... Read Full Overview

A restless wind sweeps across the fields of rural Virginia, carrying with it the hopes and heartaches of a community bound to the land yet haunted by change. Against the backdrop of the post-Civil War South, one woman's struggle for agency and dignity unfolds in a world where... Read Full Overview

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Set in Virginia, this novel evokes the irony of change in the rural South. Dorinda Oakley is a passionate, intelligent, and independent young woman struggling to define herself.

Set in Virginia, this novel evokes the irony of change in the rural South. Dorinda Oakley is a passionate, intelligent, and independent young woman struggling to define herself.