{"product_id":"john-ward-preacher-margaret-deland-9781596057029","title":"John Ward, Preacher","description":"\"With your help I could endure any pain. I wonder,\" he went on, in a lower voice, as though thinking aloud, \"if this strength of yours could inspire me to bear the worst pain there could be for me, - I mean, if I had to make you suffer in any way?\" Helen looked down at him, surprised, not quite understanding. \"Suppose,\" he said, - \"of course one can suppose anything, - that for your best good I had to make you suffer: could I, do you think?\" -from John Ward, Preacher The fiction of 19th-century novelist Margaret Deland was greatly concerned with the particular challenges faced by the women in her era: the fight for suffrage, the public disgrace of single motherhood, and the secret shame of adultery. Her first novel, 1888's John Ward, Preacher, is her most sensational, a story of a Calvinist minister, his freethinking wife, Helen, and their clash over religious doctrine-and in particular the concept of eternal damnation-that ultimately destroys them. A daring and original work about a woman asserting her intellectual independence, this is a lost classic that will electrify readers of American feminist literature. American poet and novelist MARGARET DELAND (1857-1945) was a contributor to Harper's Magazine. She also wrote the novels Sidney (1890), Philip and His Wife (1894), and The Awakening of Helena Richie (1906), among others. Old Chester Tales (1898) is a collection of her short fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Deland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1596057025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596057029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.07d","brand":"Margaret Deland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930848805119,"sku":"9781596057029","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f4ef39d-74eb-4ed8-9ac3-e4b3f7a1dd59.jpg?v=1766344689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-ward-preacher-margaret-deland-9781596057029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}