Publisher's Synopsis
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Tobacco Fields is a novel written by Ellen Glasgow. The story is set in the southern United States during the late 19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Gideon Vetch. Gideon is the daughter of a wealthy tobacco farmer and is expected to marry well and continue the family's legacy. However, Gideon is not content with her life and longs for something more.When a handsome stranger named Neil Sheridan arrives in town, Gideon is immediately drawn to him. Neil is a writer and has come to the area to research a book about the tobacco industry. Gideon and Neil's relationship quickly develops into a passionate love affair, but they must keep their romance a secret from Gideon's family and the rest of society.As Gideon and Neil's love deepens, they become entangled in a web of lies, deceit, and scandal. Gideon's family disapproves of her relationship with Neil, and her father threatens to disinherit her if she continues to see him. Meanwhile, Neil's research into the tobacco industry uncovers corruption and exploitation, putting his own life in danger.The Deliverance is a powerful story of love, betrayal, and redemption. It explores themes of social class, gender roles, and the struggle for personal freedom in a society that values tradition and conformity. Through Gideon and Neil's journey, Ellen Glasgow paints a vivid portrait of the American South and its complex history.1904. Glasgow's realistic fiction novels often showed the female characters as stronger than the male characters. It was this new type of Southern fiction that made Ellen Glasgow one of the major writers of her time. The vantage point from which most of her nineteen novels were written was her native home of Richmond, Virginia. She received the Pulitzer prize in 1942 for In This Our Life. In 1900, with the publication of The Voice of the People, Glasgow began a series of novels which came to compose her ambitious fictional social history of Virginia. This series includes The Battle Ground, a Civil War novel, and this volume, The Deliverance, which tells of the aftermath of the Civil War, when the Southern social order underwent wrenching change. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
