The Amber Gods and Other Stories by Harriet Prescott Spofford |
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| Author:
| Bendixen, Alfred |
| Series title: | American Women Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-1401-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1989 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $41.00 |
Book Description:
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A widely held vision of nineteenth-century American women is of lives lived in naive, domestic peace-- the girls of Little Women making do until father comes home from the war. Nothing could be less true of Harriet Prescott Spofford's stories. In fact, her editor at the Atlantic Monthly at first refused to believe that an unworldly woman from New England had written them. Her style, though ornate by our 20th century standards, adds to its atmosphere.
A widely held vision of nineteenth-century American women is of lives lived in naive, domestic peace-- the girls of Little Women making do until father comes home from the war. Nothing could be less true of Harriet Prescott Spofford's stories. In fact, her editor at the Atlantic Monthly at first refused to believe that an unworldly woman from New England had written them. Her style, though ornate by our 20th century standards, adds to its atmosphere.