The Gilded Six-Bits | The Gilded Six-Bits

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Author: Zora Neale Hurston
First Published: 1933
Type of Plot: Realism, psychological
Time of Work: The late nineteenth century
Setting: Eatonville, Florida
Principal Characters: Missie May Banks, Joe Banks, Otis D. Slemmons
Genres: Short fiction
Subjects: African Americans, Husbands, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Wives, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Pregnancy, Adultery, Greed, Florida
Locales: Eatonville, FL

The Story

Newlyweds Joe and Missie May Banks frolic in their newfound marital bliss. Their Saturday afternoon routine is especially playful, as Joe comes home from his job at the local fertilizer plant lovingly to toss fifty-cent pieces at his young wife who has been busy preparing for his arrival. She has cleaned and scoured the house, its surroundings, and herself and has prepared Joe's bath water for him to do the same before they settle down to a long afternoon of pleasure.

This particular Saturday afternoon, after the usual tossing of the money and Missie May's...

The Gilded Six-Bits | The Gilded Six-Bits

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The Story

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