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I suppose I am a born novelist, for the things I imagine are more vital and vivid to me than the things I remember.

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Ellen Glasgow
Age: 71 †
Born: 1874
Born: April 22
Died: 1945
Died: November 21
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Richmond
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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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