Vein of Iron (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ellen Glasgow
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Plot: Family chronicle
- Time of Work: 1900-1935
- Setting: Ironside and Queenborough, Virginia
- Principal Characters: Ada Fincastle, John Fincastle, Grandmother Fincastle, Meggie Fincastle, Mary Evelyn Fincastle, Ralph McBride
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Virginia
- Locales: Ironside, VA
The Novel
Ellen Glasgow divides Vein of Iron into five parts: “Toward Life,” “The Single Heart,” “Life’s Interlude,” “God’s Mountain,” and “The Dying Age.” In the first three parts, Ada Fincastle moves toward union with Ralph McBride. That union is achieved in part 3, though the couple does not marry until Ralph returns from World War I early in part 5. Meanwhile, the family leaves the Manse, their ancestral home in the mountain village of Ironside. She and Ralph begin their married life in metropolitan Queenborough. In part 5, they struggle to...
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