The Great Meadow (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Madox Roberts
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical romance
- Time of Work: 1774-1781
- Setting: Western Virginia and Kentucky
- Principal Characters: Diony Hall Jarvis, Berk Jarvis, Evan Muir, Thomas Hall, Elvira Jarvis
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Prisoners, Love or romance, South or Southerners, Escapes, Marriage, Eighteenth century, Frontier or pioneer life
- Locales: Virginia, Kentucky
The Story:
Thomas Hall, the well-educated son of a tidewater Virginia family, had settled in upper Albemarle County after having lost his fortune to a dishonest relative. In the upper country, he had married a young Methodist woman who had come down into Virginia from Pennsylvania. After their marriage, Mrs. Hall bore four children, two boys and two girls.
Of all the children, the oldest girl was by far her father’s favorite. She had been named Dione, out of Greek mythology, but everyone called her Diony and spelled her name with a “y.” Diony, with her...
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