The Goophered Grapevine (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- First Published: 1888
- Type of Plot: Folktale
- Time of Work: The American Civil War era
- Setting: Patesville, North Carolina
- Principal Characters: The unnamed narrator, Annie, Uncle Julius McAdoo, Henry
- Genres: Short fiction, Folklore
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Farms, farmers, or farming, Death or dying, Greed, Folklore, Youth, Edible plants, Grapes, Aging
- Locales: North Carolina, Patesville, NC
The Story
“The Goophered Grapevine” is a story within a story in which each story is told by a different narrator. The first story has a nameless narrator, a vintner who lives in the Great Lakes area during the post-Civil War era. His wife's ill health forces him to move to a warmer climate, so he selects Patesville, North Carolina, as the place to continue his career. He purchases a plantation that formerly belonged to a wealthy planter named McAdoo. One day he takes his wife to see the plantation, and it is at this point that the second story commences.
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