by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · Penguin Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780143133919
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«The Gates Ajar» is the historical novel by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, published by Penguin Classics in hardback (176 pages, in English).
Set during the Reconstruction after the Civil War, the novel tells of Mary Cabot's grief for her brother, a Union soldier. Mary's aunt, Winifred, offers her a vision of heaven as a reunion with loved ones, which comforts Mary and spreads among the women. The work also reflects on grief, faith and the female role.
The original title is The Gates Ajar or Our Loved Ones in Heaven. This edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Duquette and Claudia Stokes.
For readers of historical fiction and American classics interested in the Civil War, grief and nineteenth-century religious perspectives.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.
