num_pages: 511
description: Set in Virginia, this novel evokes the irony of change in the rural South. Dorinda Oakley is a passionate, intelligent, and independent young woman struggling to define herself.
language: English
title: Barren Ground
titlecomplete: Barren Ground
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 305
places: Virginia
publisher: Classic Publishers