Considered her finest work and an American classic, Roberts's novel traces the coming of age of Ellen Chesser, the daughter of a poor itinerant farmer. Against all privations and the forces that would subdue her, Ellen is sustained by a sense of wonder and by an awareness of her own being. Reduced to the bare elements of life, her world becomes a ceremony of daily duties that bind her to the natural world and her family. The Time of Man stands as a beautifully written tribute to the human spirit.

Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941) was a poet and novelist.

Reviews:

“One of the most authentic and moving depictions of a woman’s identity and experience I have ever read. . . . I felt the same shock of recognition and revelation upon reading The Time of Man that I did when I read Their Eyes Were Watching God.”—Appalachian Journal
“This is a book that embraces life. . . . And it is written in a prose at once lucid and arresting, rhythmical, fresh in phrasing and construction, giving always the effect of effortless arrangement.”—New York Times
“Original, powerful, and, without ever verging upon sentimentality, tender.”—Saturday Review of Literature
“Originally published in 1926, this re-released epic novel of Americana is now considered a classic.”—Kentucky Living