Barren Ground (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Setting: Rural Virginia
- Principal Characters: Dorinda Oakley, Josiah, Jason Greylock, Geneva Ellgood, Nathan Pedlar
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery
- Locales: Virginia
The Story:
Late one cold winter day, Dorinda Oakley started to walk the four miles between Pedlar’s Mill and her home at Old Farm. The land was bleak and desolate under a gray sky, and a few flakes of snow were falling. For almost a year, she had worked in Nathan Pedlar’s store, taking the place of his consumptive wife. Her brisk walk carried her swiftly over the rutted roads toward her father’s unproductive farm and the dilapidated Oakley house. On the way, she passed Green Acres, the fertile farm of James Ellgood, and the run-down farm of Five Oaks, owned by dissolute...
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