The Miller of Old Church

The story revolves around a miller who lives in rural Virginia and his struggles with poverty, morality, and personal relationships. The miller's life is marked by hardship, and he is forced to make difficult choices to provide for his family. Throughout the novel, themes of social class, morality, and the American Dream are explored.

By Ellen Glasgow · First published 1901 · Genre: Southern Gothic, Realism, Historical Fiction · 37 chapters

Contents

• AT BOTTOM'S ORDINARY
• IN WHICH YOUTH SHOWS A LITTLE SEASONED
• IN WHICH DESTINY WEARS THE COMIC MASK
• THE DESIRE OF THE MOTH
• IN WHICH MR. GAY ARRIVES AT HIS JOURNEY'S END
• ABEL HEARS GOSSIP AND SEES A VISION
• THE REVERCOMBS
• HIS DAY OF FREEDOM
• THE MILL
• THE SHAPING OF MOLLY
• TREATS OF THE LADIES' SPHERE
• IN WHICH HEARTS GO ASTRAY
• GAY RUSHES INTO A QUARREL AND SECURES A KISS
• A NEW BEGINNING TO AN OLD TRAGEDY
• SHOWS TWO SIDES OF A QUARREL
• A GREAT PASSION IN A HUMBLE PLACE
• IN WHICH MOLLY FLIRTS
• A MEETING IN THE PASTURE
• THE REVEREND ORLANDO MULLEN PREACHES A SERMON
• TANGLED THREADS
• A FLIGHT AND AN ENCOUNTER
• THE RIDE TO PIPING TREE
• THE DREAM AND THE REAL
• ONE OF LOVE'S VICTIMS
• BY THE MILL-RACE
• WHAT LIFE TEACHES
• SHOWS THE WEAKNESS IN STRENGTH
• THE TURN OF THE WHEEL
• SHOWS THE TYRANNY OF WEAKNESS
• GAY DISCOVERS HIMSELF
• THE COMING OF SPRING
• THE END
• THE SHADE OF MR. JONATHAN
• THE SHADE OF REUBEN
• TREATS OF CONTRADICTIONS
• LIFE'S IRONIES
• IN WHICH PITY MASQUERADES AS REASON

More by Ellen Glasgow

• The Past (1920)
• The Deliverance (1904)
• The Battle Ground (1902)
• Life and Gabriella (1916)
• The Wheel of Life (1906)
• One Man in His Time (1922)
• The Voice of the People (1900)
• Virginia (1913)
• All works by Ellen Glasgow