Eudora Welty
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A vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative, Laura McRaven, and the family's preparations for her cousin Dabney's wedding.
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Harcourt, Brace
Pub. Date
1954
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Daniel Ponder is the amiable heir to the wealthiest family in Clay County, Mississippi. To friends and strangers, he's also the most generous, having given away heirlooms, a watch, and so far, at least one family business. His niece, Edna Earle, has a solution to save the Ponder fortune from Daniel's mortifying philanthropy: As much as she loves Daniel, she's decided to have him institutionalized. Foolproof as the plan may seem, it comes with a kink-one...
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1980
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With a new introduction from best-selling author Ann Patchett, this National Book Award—winning story collection is one of the great works of twentieth-century American literature.
Eudora Welty wrote novels, novellas, and reviews over the course of her long career, but the heart and soul of her literary vision lay with the short story, and her National Book Award—winning Collected Stories confirmed her as a master of short fiction.
The forty-one...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
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This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations. "The Optimist's Daughter" is the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back still farther, to the small Mississippi town where she grew up. Alone in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding...
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Library of America volume 101
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Distributed to the trade in the USA by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
1998
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Library of America volume 102
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Distributed to the trade by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
1998
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Modern library of the world's best books volume 290
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Modern Library
Pub. Date
1943