“It is one of the strange discoveries a man makes that life is tragic from the start, and that conceit is what makes it bearable.”

— Ellen Glasgow

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About Ellen Glasgow

Author • American

Ellen Glasgow was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist who wrote about the changing Southern United States. Her works challenged the romanticized ideals of the Old South, portraying a more realistic and complex...

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