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Violence
Some
Moderate Civil War violence; battles and their aftermath depicted
Language
None
Period prose; no strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild period romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Period alcohol use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the psychological cost of the Civil War on Southern identity and the burden carried by women
What this book is about
Ellen Glasgow's 1902 novel follows two Virginia families — the aristocratic Lightfoots and the rough-hewn Ambler household — through the Civil War years. Her early work shows her characteristic interest in the American South's self-deceptions and the women who survive them. The Civil War disrupts comfortable lives and reveals character, while Glasgow's sympathy for female experience gives the novel a perspective unusual for its time.
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Civil War violence
Themes of Southern myth and its cost
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