Author: Willa Cather
Title: Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Description: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this racially motivated novel exploring jealousy and power, the final novel by Pulitzer Prize winner, Willa Cather. This work follows Sapphira, a bitter middle-aged white woman as she is filled with jealousy by the beautiful young slave Nancy, convinced that her husband is having an affair with her.Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather, an American novelist whose works were often set across the Great Plains during the pioneer and settling days.  This was her final novel.With the ownership bookplate of Irving and Bertha Schwartz to the front pastedown. The first edition of this work. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little fading to the spine as to be expected. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Sapphira and the Slave Girl Willa Cather American Literature Irving Scwartz Willa Cather Fiction about Slavery Slave Trade None


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