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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 – November 21, 1945) was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel In This Our Life. She published 20 novels, as well as short stories, to critical acclaim.
Ellen Glasgow (born April 22, 1873, Richmond, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 21, 1945, Richmond) was an American novelist whose realistic depictions of life in her native Virginia helped direct Southern literature away from sentimentality and nostalgia.
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Learn about Ellen Glasgow, a Virginia-born novelist who challenged the plantation myth and the Victorian gentility in her fiction. Explore her themes of Darwinism, modernism, feminism, and social realism in novels such as Barren Ground and In This Our Life.
American writer Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow won a Pulitzer Prize for In This Our Life (1941), her realistic historical novel of Virginia. Born into an upper-class Virginian family, Glasgow at an early age rebelled against traditional expectations of women and authored 20 bestselling novels.
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Apr 24, 2019 · A comprehensive overview of the life and works of Ellen Glasgow, a Virginia-born novelist who wrote about modernist themes and issues. Find book-length studies, critical perspectives, and biographical details of her career and legacy.
Ellen Glasgow has 107 books on Goodreads with 18639 ratings. Ellen Glasgow’s most popular book is In This Our Life.
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Learn about the life and writing of Ellen Glasgow, a Southern woman writer who explored the social history of Virginia and the struggles of women in a man's world. Find out about her novels, awards, relationships, tragedies and autobiography.
