Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny. NOVEL by: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

Book Overview

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894) was an American polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny is an 1861 novel by American author and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Later dubbed the first of his "medicated novels", it tells the story of a neurotic young woman whose mother was bitten by a rattlesnake while pregnant, which imbued the child with some characteristics of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540461866
• ISBN13: 9781540461865
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 10.0"