During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Joan Chase
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Sherwood, Ohio
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism, Family literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Midwest, Cancer, Farms, farmers, or farming, Sisters, Women, Death or dying
- Locales: Sherwood, OH
Characters Discussed
Gram (Lil Bradley Krauss), the “queen of Persia” of the title. Having grown up learning to work hard (her mother having died when she was a teenager and her father having been killed in the oilfields of Texas seeking his fortune), she married Jacob Krauss and gave birth to seven children (two sons, stillborn), rearing five daughters (May, Grace, Elinor, Rachel, and Libby). Her marriage became a source of bitterness because Jacob, not acknowledging his desire for her, became an abusive alcoholic.
Grace, the second of Lil’s daughters, the one...
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