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In The Builders, novelist Ellen Glasgow considers the tumultuous changes ushered in by World War I through the lens of the shifting political landscape in her home state of Virginia. Business tycoon David Blackburn is the emblem for these changes, exemplifying the rising upper class of new money and the shifting roles of men and their relationships with women.
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Table of contents
- THE BUILDERS
- Contents
- BOOK FIRST - APPEARANCES
- Chapter I - Caroline
- Chapter II - The Time
- Chapter III - Briarlay
- Chapter IV - Angelica
- Chapter V - The First Night
- Chapter VI - Letty
- Chapter VII - Caroline Makes Discoveries
- Chapter VIII - Blackburn
- Chapter IX - Angelica's Charity
- Chapter X - Other Discoveries
- Chapter XI - The Sacred Cult
- Chapter XII - The World's View of an Unfortunate Marriage
- Chapter XIII - Indirect Influence
- BOOK SECOND - REALITIES
- Chapter I - In Blackburn's Library
- Chapter II - Readjustments
- Chapter III - Man's Woman
- Chapter IV - The Martyr
- Chapter V - The Choice
- Chapter VI - Angelica's Triumph
- Chapter VII - Courage
- Chapter VIII - The Cedars
- Chapter IX - The Years Ahead
- Chapter X - The Light on the Road
- Chapter XI - The Letter
- Chapter XII - The Vision
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