Beloved (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Chloe Anthony Wofford
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Principal Characters: Sethe, Beloved, Denver, Halle Suggs, Baby Suggs, Paul D Garner, Howard
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Ghost story
- Subjects: African Americans, Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Memory, Mothers, Parents and children, Racism, Blacks, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Gender roles, Supernatural, Escapes, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Abandoned children, Exorcism, Ghosts or apparitions, Guilt, Middle Passage, Midwest, Ohio, Underground railroad, Yards or backyards
- Locales: Kentucky, Ohio
The Story:
In 1848, at the age of thirteen, Sethe was sold to Mr. Garner and his wife Lillian, who ran a plantation in northern Kentucky called Sweet Home. Intended to replace Baby Suggs, whose son Halle had purchased her freedom by renting out his labor on Sundays, Sethe married Halle, one of five male slaves (the “Sweet Home men”) owned by the Garners, in 1849. Each of the other Sweet Home men, Paul A Garner, Paul D Garner, Paul F Garner, and Sixo, wanted Sethe for himself, but each accepted her choice and respected her position as Halle’s wife.
Mr. Garner died...
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