The Conjure Woman

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The Conjure Woman (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

With the stories collected in The Conjure Woman, Chesnutt discovered a way to introduce into apparently humorous tall tales depictions of black characters who avoided the negative stereotypes then current in fiction and to include, beneath the comic surface, a level of social criticism. John, a young white man from the North, goes to North Carolina after the Civil War to find a suitable climate to help his wife Annie's poor health and to buy a plantation for growing grapes. He and his wife meet Uncle Julius, an elderly former slave, who tells them anecdotes that revolve around...

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See Also:

• Charles Waddell Chesnutt (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Charles Waddell Chesnutt (Short Fiction)
• Charles Waddell Chesnutt (Long Fiction)