A Short History of a Small Place
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A Short History of a Small Place is a 1985 novel
by T. R. Pearson
. Set in the fictional town of Neely, North Carolina - a thinly disguised Reidsville
- it tells, in a rambling and digressive manner, about the life and eventual suicide
of the town's only aristocratic woman, Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by T. R. Pearson
T. R. Pearson
-Biography:Pearson was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was a student at North Carolina State University, where he gained a B.A. and M.A. in English. He went on to teach at Peace College in Raleigh, North Carolina. He started work on a Ph.D...
. Set in the fictional town of Neely, North Carolina - a thinly disguised Reidsville
Reidsville, North Carolina
Reidsville is a city located in Rockingham County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 14,485.Originally established in the early 19th century as an outpost and stop on the stage line that ran between Salisbury, NC and Danville, VA called Wrights Crossroads,...
- it tells, in a rambling and digressive manner, about the life and eventual suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
of the town's only aristocratic woman, Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew.