| Sapphira and the Slave Girl Contributor(s): Cather, Willa (Author) |
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ISBN: 6057566920 ISBN-13: 9786057566928 Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1940 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sapphira and the Slave Girl is Willa Cather's last novel, published in 1940.The story of Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young slave. The book balances an atmospheric portrait of antebellum Virginia against an unblinking view of the lives of Sapphira's slaves. * * * In this story I have called several of the characters by Frederick County surnames, but in no case have I used the name of a person whom I ever knew or saw. My father and mother, when they came home from Winchester or Capon Springs, often talked about acquaintances whom they had met. The names of those unknown persons sometimes had a lively fascination for me, merely as names: Mr. Haymaker, Mr. Bywaters, Mr. Householder, Mr. Tidball, Miss Snap. For some reason I found the name of Mr. Pertleball especially delightful, though I never saw the man who bore it, and to this day I don't know how to spell it. Willa Cather (Author) |
Contributor Bio(s): Cather, Willa: - "Wilella Sibert Cather (1873 - 1947) is an eminent author from the United States. She is perhaps best known for her depictions of U.S. life in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. Other Books of Willa Cather: -Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) -Pioneers! (1913) -My Ántonia (1918) -One of Ours (1923) -Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) -The Song of the Lark (1915) -The Professor's House (1925) -The Troll Garden and Selected Stories (1905) -Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920) -Not Under Forty (1936)" |