The Nightingale (Turnbull novel)
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.
| Author | Agnes Sligh Turnbull |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | 1960 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 403 |
| OCLC | 1390870 |
| Preceded by | The Golden Journey |
| Followed by | The King's Orchard |
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.
References
- Turnbull, Agnes Sligh (1960). The Nightingale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
- Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1123-X.
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