The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields

Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.8
Word count
744K words
Chapters
75

Tags

English Originals Foreign Literature Tobacco CultivationFate and FortuneFamily FeudLove EntanglementsRedemptive LoveClass ConflictAmerican SouthPostwar ReconstructionChanging TimesAmerican South

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields by GlasgowAuthor: Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Nov 1, 2000

Editor's review

This novel is one of the weightier works of Glasgow's early career, a romance set against the tobacco plantations of Virginia. Its value lies not in an intricate plot but in the author's close observation of the texture of Southern rural society: the human relations of the plantation economy, class differences and the entanglement of individual fates all emerge naturally in the narrative. As a public-domain ebook, it suits readers who want a sense of American Southern literature at the end of the nineteenth century, and scholars studying how women writers represented regional experience. While reading, pay attention to the descriptions of landscape and daily life—they often reveal her craft more than the plot does. The book is in English, its language bearing the mark of its time, and requires some patience.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the opening chapters first to feel the rhythm of the language, then decide whether to read closely or extensively.
  2. Use background material on Southern American literature to understand the context of plantation narrative.
  3. Record character relationships and class cues; this helps grasp the story's conflicts.
  4. Read alongside other Southern women writers to observe similarities and differences.

About the publisher

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book suitable for English beginners? Not really. The novel is in English with a late nineteenth-century style, and its sentences and diction pose difficulties for beginners. Readers with at least intermediate English are advised to try it.
This is a public-domain book—what should I keep in mind? Public-domain ebooks usually preserve the original text and may have no modern notes. Look up rare words and historical background yourself; do not stop over an obscure passage—just follow the overall narrative.
Is the novel's main appeal plot or description? It leans toward description and social observation. The story has romantic colour, but the author's portrayal of Virginia country life and plantation relationships is the main value.

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About the author

Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945 Author

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1873–1945) was an American novelist. Born in Virginia, she set much of her fiction against the background of Southern society, depicting characters struggling and maturing amid social change. The library holds thirteen of her works, including The Voice of the People, The Wheel of Life, The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields, The Battle Ground, Virginia, Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage, and the story collection The Shadowy Third, and Other Stories. Her writing attends closely to psychology and real circumstance, often centering on women's lives and the transformation of Southern society, in a realistic and finely observed style that gives her a place in Southern American literature.