Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Mediengruppe	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: Overdrive	Standorte: FIC004000 Fern	Mediengruppe: e-Med Overdrive	Status: download	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

Essayist and newspaper columnist Fanny Fern enjoyed a rapid—and highly unlikely—rise to fame after an early life beset by tragedy and misfortune. Soon after accepting the position that established her as the highest-paid female writer in the United States, Fern began work on Ruth Hall , a highly autobiographical novel that paralleled her own life experiences in many regards. Today, scholars and critics agree that the novel is an exceptionally well-written exploration of what life as a female literary icon was like in the late nineteenth century.