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The Civil War alters life for a Louisiana plantation mistress and a poor seamstress in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Jubilee Trail.Corrie May Upjohn stands on the levee, watching men unload the riverboats and wishing she could travel far away. A poor preacher's daughter, she is only fourteen and her life is already laid out for her: marriage in a year or two, and then decades of drudgery.
At nearby Ardeith Plantation, Ann Sheramy Larne lives in luxury, but feels show more just as imprisoned as Corrie May. Their lives could not be more different, but when the horrors of war and Reconstruction come to Louisiana and the Old South begins to fall, these two women will band together to survive.
From the bestselling author of Calico Palace, this is the second novel in the poignant Plantation Trilogy, which also includes Deep Summer and This Side of Glory.. show less
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Autorka v románě s obdivuhodnou znalostí nabízí obraz americké krajiny, plantáží i měst, ještě v době před vypuknutím války Severu proti Jihu. V popředí děje jsou dvě ženské postavy - chudá a energická Corrie May, která bystrým a kritickým zrakem pozoruje své okolí a přímočaře se bouří proti všem křivdám; druhou je Ann Sheramyová, vychována v prostředí zámožných statkářů. Válka přinese nejen veliký sociální a dějinný přelom, ale autorka líčí, jak změní osudy obou ženských hrdinek.
Apr 24, 2024Czech
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- Canonical title*
- Die noble Strasse
- Original title
- The Handsome Road
- Original publication date
- 1938
- Dedication
- for Bruce
- First words
- Leaning against a pile of cottonbales, Corrie May Upjohn watched the boats.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She watched the last flicker of young Denis Larne's coattails as he disappeared into the shop, and as she watched him her eyes were full of triumph.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PS3503 .R576 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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