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The Conjure Woman

The Conjure Woman

by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932

BookID: 11666

Language:English

Contents:The goophered grapevine -- Po' Sandy -- Mars Jeems's nightmare -- The conjurer's revenge -- Sis' Becky's pickaninny -- The gray wolf's ha'nt -- Hot-foot Hannibal.

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

African Americans -- FictionSouthern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Description

"The Conjure Woman" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a collection of short stories published in 1899. Set in post-Civil War North Carolina, the stories follow John, a white Northern businessman, and his wife Annie as they encounter Uncle Julius McAdoo, a former slave who shares haunting tales of slavery, conjuring, and transformation. Through McAdoo's clever storytelling, Chesnutt subverts plantation literature traditions, revealing the brutal realities of slavery while celebrating black resistance and intelligence through African American folklore and hoodoo traditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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