03961cam a2200613 4500 468416973 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307525758 0307525759 B002361KVM Amazon b645c2be-e9a3-40c3-a38f-0d3d1aef0326 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 123867 123867 123867 226700 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- A Garden of Earthly Delights [Libby eBook]. Random House Publishing Group, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2485kB. adoption books for adoptive parents. 20th century american literature. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. classic literary fiction. social class in america. realistic fiction books. Psychological fiction. Family relationships. classic literature. wonderland quartet. literary fiction. Great Depression. American culture. social climbing. classic novels. fiction books. classic books. books fiction. social class. family life. HTML:<b>A masterly work from a writer with "the uncanny ability to give us a cinemascopic vision of her America" (<i>National Review</i>), <i>A Garden of Earthly Delights</i> is the opening stanza in what would become one of the most powerful and engrossing story arcs in literature.</b><br /> Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In <i>A Garden of Earthly Delights</i>, Oates presents one of her most memorable heroines, Clara Walpole, the beautiful daughter of Kentucky-born migrant farmworkers. Desperate to rise above her haphazard existence of violence and poverty, determined not to repeat her mother's life, Clara struggles for independence by way of her relationships with four very different men: her father, a family man turned itinerant laborer, smoldering with resentment; the mysterious Lowry, who rescues Clara as a teenager and offers her the possibility of love; Revere, a wealthy landowner who provides Clara with stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his mother's ambition.<br /> <i>A Garden of Earthly Delights</i> is the first novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, <i>Expensive People</i>, <i>them,</i> and <i>Wonderland</i>, are also available from the Modern Library. Classic Literature. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. Showalter, Elaine. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B64/5C2/BE/AGardenofEarthlyDelights9780307525758.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B645C2BE-E9A3-40C3-A38F-0D3D1AEF0326&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B64/5C2/BE/AGardenofEarthlyDelights9780307525758.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B645C2BE-E9A3-40C3-A38F-0D3D1AEF0326&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B64/5C2/BE/AGardenofEarthlyDelights9780307525758.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B645C2BE-E9A3-40C3-A38F-0D3D1AEF0326&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)