Publisher's Synopsis
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Tobacco Fields is a novel written by Ellen Glasgow. It tells the story of Gideon Vetch, a poor farmer who becomes wealthy through his success in the tobacco industry. Despite his newfound wealth, Gideon is unhappy and unfulfilled, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of owning a large plantation called ""Deliverance.""The novel also follows the story of Gideon's wife, Dorinda, who is trapped in a loveless marriage and longs for a more meaningful life. She becomes involved with a young man named Jack, who is the son of one of Gideon's former business partners. As Dorinda and Jack's relationship develops, Gideon becomes increasingly jealous and possessive.The Deliverance explores themes of love, ambition, and the corrupting influence of wealth. It is set in the rural South during the late 19th century and offers a vivid portrayal of the tobacco industry and plantation life during this time period.Overall, The Deliverance is a compelling and thought-provoking novel that offers a glimpse into the complexities of human relationships and the pursuit of happiness.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.
