This widely praised novel marks the beginning of the period in which Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow began to fully flourish, producing the finest works of her literary career. Set in southern Virginia, The Miller of Old Church follows two emblems of the rising middle class as they pursue their ambitions and fall in love.
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- THE MILLER OF OLD CHURCH
- Contents
- BOOK FIRST - JORDAN'S JOURNEY
- Chapter I - At Bottom's Ordinary
- Chapter II - In Which Destiny Wears the Comic Mask
- Chapter III - In Which Mr. Gay Arrives at His Journey's End
- Chapter IV - The Revercombs
- Chapter V - The Mill
- Chapter VI - Treats of the Ladies' Sphere
- Chapter VII - Gay Rushes into a Quarrel and Secures a Kiss
- Chapter VIII - Shows Two Sides of a Quarrel
- Chapter IX - In Which Molly Flirts
- Chapter X - The Reverend Orlando Mullen Preaches a Sermon
- Chapter XI - A Flight and an Encounter
- Chapter XII - The Dream and the Real
- Chapter XIII - By the Mill-Race
- Chapter XIV - Shows the Weakness in Strength
- Chapter XV - Shows the Tyranny of Weakness
- Chapter XVI - The Coming of Spring
- Chapter XVII - The Shade of Mr. Jonathan
- Chapter XVIII - The Shade of Reuben
- Chapter XIX - Treats of Contradictions
- Chapter XX - Life's Ironies
- Chapter XXI - In Which Pity Masquerades as Reason
- BOOK SECOND - THE CROSS-ROADS
- Chapter I - In Which Youth Shows a Little Seasoned
- Chapter II - The Desire of the Moth
- Chapter III - Abel Hears Gossip and Sees a Vision
- Chapter IV - His Day of Freedom
- Chapter V - The Shaping of Molly
- Chapter VI - In Which Hearts Go Astray
- Chapter VII - A New Beginning to an Old Tragedy
- Chapter VIII - A Great Passion in a Humble Place
- Chapter IX - A Meeting in the Pasture
- Chapter X - Tangled Threads
- Chapter XI - The Ride to Piping Tree
- Chapter XII - One of Love's Victims
- Chapter XIII - What Life Teaches
- Chapter XIV - The Turn of the Wheel
- Chapter XV - Gay Discovers Himself
- Chapter XVI - The End
