Ellen Glasgow (1873- 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist. Her literary career included 20 novels, a collection of poems, short stories, and a book of literary criticism. Her autobiography, A Woman Within, appeared posthumously in 1954. During her career her female characters became more dominant and her views of women's rights could be seen in her work. Glasgow wrote a women's trilogy including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), and Barren Ground (1925). Each of her Virginian heroines had a fate ...
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Ellen Glasgow (1873- 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist. Her literary career included 20 novels, a collection of poems, short stories, and a book of literary criticism. Her autobiography, A Woman Within, appeared posthumously in 1954. During her career her female characters became more dominant and her views of women's rights could be seen in her work. Glasgow wrote a women's trilogy including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), and Barren Ground (1925). Each of her Virginian heroines had a fate determined by her response to the patriarchal code of feminine behavior. In Virginia a southern lady is abandoned by her husband when he becomes successful. Gabriella is also abandoned by a weak husband, but Gabriella becomes a self-sufficient, single-mother. By the conclusion of the novel she has married well.
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Add this copy of Life and Gabriella to cart. $10.77, very good condition, Sold by Solomon's Mine Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Howard, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Book Jungle.
Add this copy of Life and Gabriella to cart. $11.95, good condition, Sold by Outside of a Dog Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BUCKSPORT, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1916 by Doubleday and Paige.
Add this copy of Life and Gabriella to cart. $12.00, good condition, Sold by Crabtree's Collection rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sebago, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1916 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Col frontis C. Allan Gilbert. G. Green binding, black lettering, tanning toward edges, owner name ft endpaper, ft DJ flap glued to ft endpaper, spine sunned. Gabriella is a Southern woman alone in the great Northern City. Her romance has failed but she does not give in instead taking her lifein her owns hands and making a success of it. She says, "You can't be a victim unless you give in."
Add this copy of Life and Gabriella to cart. $20.00, fair condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1916 by Doubleday, Page.
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Fair. First edition. Red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Frontispiece by C. Allen Gilbert. Gutter cracked, spine faded with ends a bit worn, thus fair only, lacking a dustwrapper. When a Virginia woman's dreams are destroyed she leaves to strive for fortune and success in New York City.
Add this copy of Life and Gabriella to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1916 by Doubleday Page.
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Very Good. First edition. Frontispiece by C. Allen Gilbert. Very good with a slightly cocked spine, spine is faded, light edgewear, a small stain on the page foredges, lacking a dustwrapper. When a Virginia woman's dreams are destroyed she leaves to strive for fortune and success in New York City.
Add this copy of Life and Gabriella-the Story of a Woman's Courage to cart. $30.43, new condition, Sold by BargainBookStores rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Grand Rapids, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Muschamp Press.
Add this copy of Life and Gabriella to cart. $33.08, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Book Jungle.
