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The Gift: Novel by Hilda Doolittle is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Gift: Novel about?
The connections and interconnections of past and present––the realization that life is a whole continuously echoing back to the past and unfolding toward the future––were sources of the strength, renewal, and joy celebrated in H.D.'s Trilogy and, in a differing, but no less real way, in The Gift––her novelistic memoir of childhood. In recapturing her memories of being a very little girl in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and later on a country place outside Philadelphia, H.D. "let the story tell itself or the child tell it." It is this voice or child's-eye view that lends The Gift its special charm as H.D. recreates the ordinary and extraordinary occasions of her early youth, the nightmares and delights. A road-company presentation of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Christmas Eve with its particular family ritual, a family outing, a disturbing accident––the happenings and incidents, perceptions and misconceptions with which a child's life is crowded are the substance of this most winning book. As she did for the H.D. novel HERmione, H.D.'s daughter, Perdita Schaffner, provides a fine introduction. ** About the Author H.D. (1886-1961) (the pen name of Hilda Doolittle) was born in the Moravian community
Who reads The Gift: Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Hilda Doolittle
- Publisher
- New Directions;Virago Press
- Published
- 1982
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811223584
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.91 / 5 (100 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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