Delta Wedding (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: Early 1920’s
- Setting: Mississippi
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Girls
- Locales: South (U.S.)
Characters Discussed
Laura McRaven, a cousin to the Fairchilds, a remarkable and close-knit Delta family. At nine, Laura makes her first journey alone. She is going to the Delta to visit her dead mother’s people; her cousin Dabney is being married. Laura’s chief regret is that she is not to be in the wedding party, but at the last minute, when one of the children falls sick, this wish is granted. After the wedding, Laura’s aunt asks her to live with them. Being wanted by the Fairchilds seems wonderful beyond belief, but Laura knows that she must go back to her...
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