The turn of the twentieth century marked a period of tumultuous change in the U.S. South. Long oppressed by a socioeconomic caste system, rural Southerners began to make political plays that afforded them greater power and influence. In her gripping novel The Voice of the People, Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow documents this transition in realistic detail.
The turn of the twentieth century marked a period of tumultuous change in the U.S. South. Long oppressed by a socioeconomic caste system, rural Southerners began to make political plays that afforded them greater power and influence. In her gripping novel The Voice of the People, Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow documents this transition in realistic detail.