The Nightingale (novel)
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The Nightingale is a novel
by the American
writer Agnes Sligh Turnbull
(1888-1982) set in a fictional rural Western Pennsylvania
village (but much like the author's birthplace of New Alexandria
, Pennsylvania
, about thirty miles east of Pittsburgh) at the turn of the 20th century.
Violet Carpenter is already considered a spinster at age twenty-five when financial necessity forces her to take in lodgers. Her avocation
, however, is to write poetry. To her astonishment, both paths lead to romantic crossroads.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Agnes Sligh Turnbull was a bestselling American writer, most noted for her works of historical fiction based in her native Western Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(1888-1982) set in a fictional rural Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown are its...
village (but much like the author's birthplace of New Alexandria
New Alexandria, Pennsylvania
New Alexandria is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 595 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Alexandria is located at ....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, about thirty miles east of Pittsburgh) at the turn of the 20th century.
Violet Carpenter is already considered a spinster at age twenty-five when financial necessity forces her to take in lodgers. Her avocation
Avocation
An avocation is an activity that one engages in as a hobby outside one's main occupation. There are many examples of people whose professions were the ways that they made their livings, but for whom their activities outside of their workplaces were their true passions in life...
, however, is to write poetry. To her astonishment, both paths lead to romantic crossroads.