The Conjure Woman (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- First Published: 1899
- Type of Work: Novel/short stories
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: The post-Civil War era
- Setting: North Carolina
- Principal Characters: John, Miss Annie, Uncle Julius McAdoo
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people
- Locales: North Carolina
The Novel
The Conjure Woman is a novel in the form of a collection of short stories about the New and the Old South. John, the narrator, comes to the New South after the Civil War because of the wonderful business opportunities and the healthy climate it offers him and his wife. Land and labor are cheap, and the area is conducive to farming. He buys an old plantation and transforms the unproductive vineyard into a lucrative grape business. John and Annie’s boredom with slow-paced Southern life is offset largely by Uncle Julius’ stories of the Old South. As John...
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