The amber gods, and other stories
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The amber gods, and other stories
（American women writers series / Joanne Dobson, Judith Fetterley, and Elaine Showalter, series editors）
Rutgers University Press, c1989
- : [cloth]
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. xxxv-xxxvii
Contents of Works
- In a cellar
- The amber gods
- Circumstance
- In the Maguerriwock
- The moonstone mass
- The black Bess
- Her story
- Miss Susan's love affair
- Old Madame
- The godmothers
Description and Table of Contents
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: [cloth] ISBN 9780813514000
Description
A widely held vision of nineteenth-century American women is of lives lived in naive, domestic peaceaEURO"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, like heavy, Baroque furniture in a large and creepy house. The title story presents a self-centered and captivating woman who ruthlessly steals her orphan cousin's lover. In """"Circumstance,"""" a pioneer woman returning home through the woods at night is caught by a panther; her husband, who has come to save her, can only watch from the ground as she sings for her life, pinned in a tree. A train engineer hallucinates again and again that he is running over his wife. And Mrs. Craven, who's a bit """"weak"""" in the head, mindlessly repeats """"Three men went down cellar and only two came up."""" These stories combine elements of the best ghost storiesaEURO"timing, detail, and character aEURO"with just enough chill to make you think twice about turning out your lights at night.
Table of Contents
In a cellar -- The amber gods -- Circumstance -- In the Maguerriwock -- The moonstone mass -- The black Bess -- Her story -- Miss Susan's love affair -- Old Madame -- The godmothers.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813514017
Description
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, like heavy, Baroque furniture in a large and creepy house.
The title story presents a self-centered and captivating woman who ruthlessly steals her orphan cousin's lover. In "Circumstance," a pioneer woman returning home through the woods at night is caught by a panther; her husband, who has come to save her, can only watch from the ground as she sings for her life, pinned in a tree. A train engineer hallucinates again and again that he is running over his wife. And Mrs. Craven, who's a bit "weak" in the head, mindlessly repeats "Three men went down cellar and only two came up." These stories combine elements of the best ghost stories-timing, detail, and character -with just enough chill to make you think twice about turning out your lights at night.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Notes to Introduction
Selected Bibliography
A Note on the Text
In a Cellar
The Amber GOds
Circumstance
In the Maguerriwock
The Moonstone Mass
The Black Bess
Her Story
Miss Susan's Love Affair
Old Madame
The Godmothers
Explanatory Notes
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