The Awakening of Helena Richie
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The Awakening of Helena Richie is a novel
by the American
writer Margaret Deland
(1857 - 1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Old Chester, a Western Pennsylvania
rural village near Pittsburgh.
The novel tells the story of a new resident of Old Chester, Helena Richie, and examines American society's double standard of morality for women.
It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from January through July 1906.
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 the American
United States
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writer Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.-Life:...
(1857 - 1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Old Chester, a Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown are its...
rural village near Pittsburgh.
The novel tells the story of a new resident of Old Chester, Helena Richie, and examines American society's double standard of morality for women.
It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from January through July 1906.
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