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The Gown of Glory

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The Gown of Glory
First edition
AuthorAgnes Sligh Turnbull
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
Publication date
March 13, 1952[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages403
OCLC180710
Preceded byThe Bishop's Mantle 
Followed byThe Golden Journey 

The Gown of Glory is a 1952 novel by the American writer Agnes Sligh Turnbull (1888–1982). It is set in a fictional rural village of Ladykirk, which is much like the author's birthplace of New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, about thirty miles east of Pittsburgh.

Plot

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The story begins in 1881 when the Reverend David Lyall brings his new wife from the city to his rural manse expecting to stay only a year. Twenty-five years and three grown children later, David is still the spiritual leader of the Calvinist congregation. The plot explores the small joys and quiet griefs of a minister's life as well as what happens when a wealthy young man falls in love with the minister's daughter.

References

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  1. ^ "Books Published Today". The New York Times: 26. March 13, 1952.
  • Turnbull, Agnes Sligh (1952). The Gown of Glory. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1123-X.