{"product_id":"the-amber-gods-and-other-stories-by-harriet-prescott-spofford-paperback-softback-9780813514017","title":"\"the Amber Gods\" and Other Stories by Harriet Prescott Spofford (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813514017","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e\"the Amber Gods\" and Other Stories by Harriet Prescott Spofford\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfred Bendixen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813514017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e1.8 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA widely held vision of nineteenth-century American women is of lives lived in naive, domestic peace-the girls of \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e making do until father comes home from the war. Nothing could be less true of Harriet Prescott Spofford's stories. In fact, her editor at the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e at first refused to believe that an unworldly woman from New England had written them. Her style, though ornate by our 20th century standards, adds to its atmosphere, like heavy, Baroque furniture in a large and creepy house. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title story presents a self-centered and captivating woman who ruthlessly steals her orphan cousin's lover. In \"Circumstance,\" a pioneer woman returning home through the woods at night is caught by a panther; her husband, who has come to save her, can only watch from the ground as she sings for her life, pinned in a tree. A train engineer hallucinates again and again that he is running over his wife. And Mrs. Craven, who's a bit \"weak\" in the head, mindlessly repeats \"Three men went down cellar and only two came up.\" These stories combine elements of the best ghost stories-timing, detail, and character -with just enough chill to make you think twice about turning out your lights at night. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Notes to Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e A Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003e In a Cellar\u003cbr\u003e The Amber GOds\u003cbr\u003e Circumstance\u003cbr\u003e In the Maguerriwock\u003cbr\u003e The Moonstone Mass\u003cbr\u003e The Black Bess\u003cbr\u003e Her Story\u003cbr\u003e Miss Susan's Love Affair\u003cbr\u003e Old Madame\u003cbr\u003e The Godmothers\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory Notes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520726462744,"sku":"9780813514017","price":22.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-amber-gods-and-other-stories-by-harriet-prescott-spofford-paperback-softback-9780813514017","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}