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Sapphira and the slave girl / by Willa Cather.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PS3505.A87 S3 1940
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--United States--Fiction.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- African American families--Fiction.
- African American families.
- Husband and wife--Fiction.
- Husband and wife.
- Jealousy--Fiction.
- Jealousy.
- Virginia--History--1775-1865--Fiction.
- Virginia.
- Genre:
- Authors' autographs.
- Limitation statements.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A. A. Knopf, 1940.
- Summary:
- Sapphira Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, begins to persecute a young slave named Nancy, whom she unjustly suspects of seducing her husband.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: No. 495 of 520 copies, signed by the author.
- Athenaeum copy: Sinkler bequest; in slipcase.
- OCLC:
- 3367920
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