Retribution (Southworth novel)

{{Short description|1849 novel by E. D. E. N. Southworth}}

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Retribution; or The Vale of Shadows: A Tale of Passion was a novel written by E. D. E. N. Southworth in 1849.

Retribution was serialized in The National Era in 1849 and was published in book form the same year. It launched Southworth's career as a writer of popular fiction.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2GeBUmW_MgC&pg=PA521|title=Women in the American Civil War|last=Frank|first=Lisa Tendrich|date=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781851096008|language=en}}