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The Builders is a novel written by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow in 1919. The story is set in the post-Civil War era and revolves around the lives of the wealthy and powerful families in Virginia. The main character in the book is a young man named Jerome Bumpus, who is determined... Read Full Overview

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The Builders is a novel written by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow and published in 1919. The story takes place in the post-Civil War South and focuses on the lives of two families, the Marstons and the Ashburns. The Marstons are wealthy plantation owners who are struggling to... Read Full Overview

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The Builders is a novel written by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow and published in 1919. Set in the South during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War, the story follows the lives of two families: the Marstons, who are wealthy and influential, and the Ashburns,... Read Full Overview

The Builders is a novel written by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow and published in 1919. Set in the American South during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War, the story follows the lives of two families, the Wingates and the Rievers, as they struggle to rebuild their... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Builders by Ellen Glasgow

While she unbuckled the clammy straps, her full, round face, which was still fresh and pretty in spite of her seventy years, shone like an auspi-cious moon in the dusky glow of the fire. Since wood was scarce, and this particular strip of southside Virginia grew poorer with each... Read Full Overview