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- Genre: Novella (x)
- Publication date: 1850s (x)
- Subject heading: South Carolina--Fiction (x)
- Time period: Antebellum Period (x)
- Creator: Anonymous [William Gilmore Simms] (x)
- Setting: Berkeley County, SC (x)
The Golden Christmas: A Chronicle of St. John's, BerkeleyAntebellum Period | Novella | Walker, Richards & Co. | 1852 Published by Walker &
Richards in 1852, The Golden Christmas is
novella of social manners set in the lowcountry of Berkeley County near Charleston, South Carolina. Geography is
of central importance to both the book itself and the story within. Charleston, as the home of the author, the
setting of the story, and the location of the publisher and printer is as much
the focus of the work as any characters or details of plot; in a 2005
introduction to the novella, critic David Aiken claims that The Golden Christmas “today provides one
of the most comprehensive and accurate ... |
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