Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow's Books and Stories

The Wheel of Life

Literature

5.0

This novel of Virginians in New York City was hailed by the New York Times as "the first important novel of 1906" and compared favorably to Wharton's House of Mirth. The novel focuses on the struggles of an aspiring young poet, Laura Wilde, but at its true core is Roger Adams, a poignant study in Christ-like self-abnegation.

The Voice of the People

Literature

5.0

The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

The Miller Of Old Church

Literature

5.0

This widely praised novel marks the beginning of the period in which Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow began to fully flourish, producing the finest works of her literary career. Set in southern Virginia, The Miller of Old Church follows two emblems of the rising middle class as they pursue their ambitions and fall in love.