{"product_id":"the-damnation-of-theron-ware-von-harold-frederic-5","title":"The Damnation of Theron Ware","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheron Ware is a young Methodist pastor raised in a strict religious tradition and without much of a worldly education. As his career begins, he quickly finds himself reassigned to a congregation in Octavius, a small town in the Adirondacks. As Ware and his wife settle into their new roles in small-town America, he meets Celia, a young girl fascinated by music, poetry, and literature¿and he quickly finds himself struggling with both carnal temptation, and the world of experience outside of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Damnation of Theron Ware (published in the U.K. as Illumination) is Frederic¿s most famous novel. Its realistic style¿Frederic modeled the fictional Octavius after Utica, New York¿paints a nuanced portrait of the small-town American religious life of the era. It was received very positively, becoming the fifth best-selling book in the U.S. in 1896 with outfits like the Chicago Tribune saying that ¿it is a book which every one must read who wishes to hold his own in popular literary discussions.¿ It garnered literary allusions in works like Main Street; like Main Street, The Damnation of Theron Ware skewers small-town life, but unlike Main Street, its primary focus is religion. It also earned a mention from F. Scott Fitzgerald, who in a letter wrote that he once considered it the best American novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041804719\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Trials and Tribulations of a Methodist Minister\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041804719","offer_id":46925418496325,"sku":"9791041804719","price":27.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/23c74b27-107d-439e-9e34-519b84ef6ebc.jpg?v=1768459784","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-damnation-of-theron-ware-von-harold-frederic-5","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}