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The time of man : a novel

This tribute to the human spirit is an American classic. It relates the coming of age of Ellen Chesser, the daughter of a poor itinerant farmer who is sustained by a sense of wonder and an awareness of her own being.

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  • "This tribute to the human spirit is an American classic. It relates the coming of age of Ellen Chesser, the daughter of a poor itinerant farmer who is sustained by a sense of wonder and an awareness of her own being."@en
  • "Considered her finest work and an American classic, Roberts' novel traces the coming of age of Ellen Chesser, the daughter of a poor itinerant farmer. Against all privations and the forces that would subdue her, Ellen is sustained by a sense of wonder and by an awareness of her own being. Reduced to the bare elements of life, her world becomes a ceremony of daily duties that bind her to the natural world and her family. The Time of Man stands as a beautifully written tribute to the human spirit."
  • "Roberts's novel traces the coming of age of Ellen Chesser, the daughter of a poor itinerant farmer. Against all privations and the forces that would subdue her, Ellen is sustained by a sense of wonder and by an awareness of her own being. Reduced to the bare elements of life, her world becomes a ceremony of daily duties that bind her to the natural world and her family. "The Time of Man" stands as a beautifully written tribute to the human spirit."
  • "Set at the turn of the century, The Time of Man tells the moving story of Ellen Chesser, a young woman with a mind of her own. She and her family travel from one small community to another in rural Kentucky, eking out a living as itinerant farmworkers. Initially she feels isolated and lonely, resenting the hardship of her life and longing to be with her childhood friends. Yet slowly she learns what it means to fall in love and forges lasting friendships with other young people at the local dances. She is left stunned, therefore, when the man she is to marry comes to her to confess a dark."@en

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  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "The time of man : a novel"
  • "The time of man : a novel"@en
  • "The time of man a novel"
  • "The time of man a novel"@en
  • "The time of man : A novel"
  • "The time of man, a novel"@en
  • "The time of man"@en
  • "The time of man"
  • "The time of man, a novel"
  • "The time of man; a novel"
  • "Seit Menschengedenken roman"
  • "Seit Menschengedenken"
  • "Seit Menschengedenken : roman"
  • "The time of man : a novel ; with wood engravings by Claire Leighton"
  • "Život človeka"
  • "Los días del hombre"@es
  • "Los días del hombre"
  • "The Time of Man. [A novel.]"@en
  • "The Time of man : a novel"

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