The Gates Ajar
novel by Phelps
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The Gates Ajar is a sentimental and didactic novel published in 1868 by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. The story follows a young woman who struggles to regain her faith after the death of her brother. The novel was a significant success, selling 80,000 copies in the United States and 100,000 in England, and was translated into at least four languages. Phelps, an American author and feminist, wrote many other books that often addressed the domestic status of women, advocating for causes such as labor rights and temperance.1
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