Ellen Glasgow 
The Romance of a Plain Man (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook] 

Glasgow set this 1909 novel in Richmond, Virginia, during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. It features the tempestuous romance between a driven industrialist with humble roots and a woman from a background of wealth and privilege.  An early twentieth-century review in the
New York Times praised the author’s ‘sure instinct for the dramatic situation and the telling phrase.’

عن المؤلف

Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945) was a novelist, poet, and short story writer. Coming from a prominent Virginia family, she was a pillar of Richmond society. Despite this, she continued to publish unconventional fiction, with feminist and progressive themes. She was awarded the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her last novel, This Is Our Life.