Barren Ground (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Ellen Glasgow
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery
- Locales: Virginia
Places Discussed
Pedlar’s Mill. Fictional Virginia community located in fictional Queen Elizabeth County. Pedlar’s Mill is a rural, farming community whose inhabitants are embattled by their long and arduous struggles with poor soil that seems better suited for broomsedge and scrub pine than for cash crops. Pedlar’s Mill was around a century before the time in which the novel is set. It is a poor community, comprising primarily descendants of Scotch-Irish families who migrated from Virginia’s Shenandoah highlands to Virginia’s low country. Most come from families that...
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