title: Dwelling in the Text: Houses in American Fiction
author: Marilyn R. Chandler
description: Chandler sees houses as "the locus of the central conflicts of American life." In this critical work she leads readers through houses in American novels, ranging from Walden , The Fall of the House of Usher , and The Great Gatsby to Beloved , and explores the writers' own homes as well as the relationship of the house to characters and structure. Writing in a highly literate yet readable style, Chandler leaves no architectural environment unexamined, in addition to discussing the significance to Americans of having or not having a house. This book adds an important dimension to the study of American literature and should be of interest to scholars and serious readers. Recommended for all academic libraries.<br /><i>- Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo</i><br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: CONTENTS
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Newsletter and Social Media Links
  About the Author
  Other books by Carole Mortimer
  
  Copyright © 2019 Carole Mortimer
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  ISBN: 978-1-910597-76-7
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s
  imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses,
  companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
  All Rights Reserved.
  
  DEDICATION
  My husband, Peter
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  Stone Manor Estate, Worcestershire,
  Late Autumn, 1817
  “Move out of the way, you stupid woman, before you are mauled and
  trampled underfoot!”
  The world seemed to move in slow motion as Rachel stared at the man
  who had stepped so suddenly between her and the raging bull pawing at the
  ground only yard