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In the nineteenth-century rural South, country doctors were often much more than just physicians. They played a part in the personal dramas, important milestones, and life-or-death decisions of virtually every family in a fifty-mile radius. In this charming novel, one such doctor reflects on his life over the past year as the holiday season approaches.
2) Aftermath
The novel 1894 novel A Kentucky Cardinal was an immediate hit and helped to establish not only the literary reputation of its author, James Lane Allen, but also the "local color" movement in American literature, which sought to document and delve into the peculiarities and unique attributes of regional cultures. Aftermath is the sequel to A Kentucky Cardinal and picks up where the previous tale left off.
Though James Lane Allen's The Mettle of the Pasture is rife with the lush descriptions and strong sense of place that imbue his previous works, the central focus of this novel is on the complicated nuances of the blossoming love between protagonists Isabel and Rowan, proving that Allen is as skilled in creating unforgettable characters and dramatic tension as he is at depicting the contours of the natural landscape.
Kentucky author James Lane Allen was one of the American South's foremost practitioners of the "local color" genre of realism. This collection brings together two of his novellas, both of which deal with the vagaries of love and the tendency of the human heart to yearn for that which is unattainable.
This uplifting novel penned by prominent Kentucky novelist James Lane Allen reminds readers that the most beautiful things in art and in life are often found in the most unexpected places. Young Ashby Truesdale has been blessed with a singing voice of remarkable purity and earnestness, but his family is mired in unspeakable poverty. Will he be able to overcome this hindrance to bring his creative gift to the world?
Though the American South played an important role in contributing to the country's culture, it wasn't until the mid-nineteenth century that a distinctly Southern literary voice began to emerge. Kentucky-based author James Lane Allen's gift for description and unforgettable characters helped him rise to prominence among the "local color" literary movement in the South, and his prodigious talents are on full display in the novella A Kentucky
...Kentucky author James Lane Allen achieved literary prominence as a skillful chronicler of his home state's heritage, traditions, and natural beauty. All three of these elements are brought to bear in the lyrical novel The Reign of Law, which unfolds against the backdrop of the region's long-vital hemp farming industry.
After an initial burst of literary popularity, Kentucky-born author James Lane Allen took an extended break from publishing. After the span of several years, he returned with the short novel Bride of the Mistletoe, which both reflected and diverged from his earlier work. Though also a romance of sorts, the tale is shot through with myth and steeped in symbolism, adding weight and gravity to what otherwise might be a light diversion.
This fascinating fable from Kentucky-born author James Lane Allen imagines a distant future in which the earth has plunged into frozen darkness, extinguishing life as we know it. Only a few stalwart holdouts remain, including a pair of trees that have retained a kind of memory of what came to pass before the life-killing coldness moved in.
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