The complete online text of The Wheel of Life by Ellen Glasgow.

The works of American novelist Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) constitute a social history in fiction of Virginia from the Civil War to World War II. Her novels are distinguished in style and conception. Ellen Glasgow was born on April 22, 1873, in Richmond, V...

Ellen Glasgow is a transitional figure in Southern American literature. Having rebelled against inhibiting traditions in her society, she was also impelled to rebel against the literature which expresses the values of that society: the romantically inspi...

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow wrote nineteen novels, many of which were best-sellers. She was known as one of the first realists in American letters, and as an important ironist. Like Willa Cather, Glasgow was one of the most widely read of America's no...

My bike was stolen. The Republicans stole it. Follow the sad syllogism: A year ago, the Republicans swept both houses of Congress. Democrat Tom Foley, the speaker of the house, lost his congressional seat and became an ordinary Joe. The Capitol Police stopped...

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