Barren Ground (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Ellen Glasgow
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Love or romance, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Gender roles, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Betrayal, Rural or country life, Doctors, Pregnancy, Farms, farmers, or farming, Fate or fatalism, Widows or widowers, Work or workers, Romanticism
- Locales: Virginia, New York, NY
Barren Ground, Glasgow's favorite among her novels and the most autobiographical of them, is the story of Dorinda Oakley, a woman who spends her life in the pursuit of happiness, only to discover that happiness comes through the rejection of human relationships. The book was written after Glasgow's suicide attempt; it is significant that she sent her unfaithful fiancé a copy of the book, which concludes with Dorinda's statement that she is happy to be finished with love.
Barren Ground is set in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where there are few aristocrats,...
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