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This narrative of a landed Kentucky family, traced over four generations, shows the decline of its patriarchal order, overwhelmed in the twentieth century by an irresponsible individualism. "The best American novel I know." - Ford Madox Ford. Southern Classics Series.
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Caroline Gordon (1895-1981) was an American novelist and critic. Her writing earned her the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and O. Henry Award and a prominent place in the Southern Renaissance. A convert to Catholicism, she was friend and mentor to Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and others. Robert Penn Warren praised her for "enriching our literature uniquely."
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