An edition of Sapphira and the slave girl (1940)
Sapphira and the slave girl
By Willa Cather
Publish Date
1940
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
eng
Pages
174
Description:
The story of Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert, a bitter white Virginian woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young slave. Sapphira and the slave girl is Willa Cather's last novel, published in 1940.
subjects: Fiction, African American families, Slavery, History, African Americans, Husband and wife, Blacks, Jealousy, Salmon, People with disabilities, Frontier and pioneer life, Schwarze, Sklaverei, Fiction, general, Large type books, American fiction, Dummies (Bookselling)
People: Henry Colbert, Sapphira Colbert, Rachel Blake, Michael Blake, Old Jezebel, Nancy, Till, Lizzie, Sampson, Martin Colbert, Mr. Fairhead, Mrs. Bywaters.
Places: Virginia, United States
Times: 1856