Ellen Glasgow

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 - November 21, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist from Richmond, Virginia. A photograph of Ellen Glasgow, taken from http://thenandnow. ... A photograph of Ellen Glasgow, taken from http://thenandnow. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... Nickname: The River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (D) Area    - City 62. ...

Beginning in 1897, Glasgow wrote 20 novels, mainly about life in Virginia. Her own education had been rudimentary, a fact Glasgow compensated for by reading widely. Today, her novels are regarded as more than just depictions of life in the Southern United States. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... Historic Southern United States. ...

Ellen maintained a close lifelong friendship with James Branch Cabell [1], another notable Richmond writer. James Branch Cabell photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1935 James Branch Cabell (April 14, 1879 - May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. ...

On her passing in 1945, Ellen Glasgow was interred at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. A view of Hollywood Cemetery and Presidents Circle Hollywood Cemetery is a large, sprawling cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, characterized by rolling hills and winding paths overlooking the James River. ... Nickname: The River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (D) Area    - City 62. ...

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Novels A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ...

• The Descendant (1897)
• Phases of an Inferior Planet (1898)
• The Voice of the People (1900)
• The Battle-Ground (1902)
• The Deliverance (1904)
• The Romance of a Plain Man (1909)
• Virginia (1913)
• The Builders (1919)
• The Past (novel) (1920)
• Barren Ground (1925)
• The Romantic Comedians (1926)
• They Stooped to Folly (1929)
• The Sheltered Life (1932)
• Vein of Iron (1935)
• In This Our Life (1941) (Pulitzer Prize for the Novel 1942)

Autobiography See also: 1896 in literature, other events of 1897, 1898 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1897 in literature, other events of 1898, 1899 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1899 in literature, other events of 1900, 1901 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1901 in literature, other events of 1902, 1903 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1903 in literature, other events of 1904, 1905 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Virginia (1913) is a novel by Ellen Glasgow about a wife and mother who in vain seeks happiness by serving her family. ... See also: 1912 in literature, other events of 1913, 1914 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1918 in literature, other events of 1919, 1920 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1919 in literature, other events of 1920, 1921 in literature, List of years in literature. ... Barren Ground (1925) is a novel by Ellen Glasgow giving an account of thirty years in the life of a rural Virginia woman. ... See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1931 in literature, other events of 1932, 1933 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1934 in literature, other events of 1935, 1936 in literature, list of years in literature. ... In This Our Life is a 1941 novel by Ellen Glasgow. ... See also: 1940 in literature, other events of 1941, 1942 in literature, list of years in literature. ... No prize was awarded in 1917. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Cover of An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ...

• The Woman Within (published posthumously in 1954)

See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

External links

• Works by Ellen Glasgow at Project Gutenberg
• Ellen Glasgow Society
• Photos of the first edition of In This Our Life