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SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL
Willa Cather
Cover of SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL

SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL

by Willa Cather

Viking Press · 1940

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Peak rank

#3

Weeks on list

12

Chart History

#15101519401941

12 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #3

Sapphira and the Slave Girl is Willa Cather's last novel, published in 1940.It is the story of Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young slave. The book balances an atmospheric portrait of antebellum Virginia against an unblinking view of the lives of Sapphira's slaves.

All Appearances

6NEWDecember 16, 1940wk 1
3↑3December 23, 1940wk 2
3—December 30, 1940wk 3
3—January 6, 1941wk 4
3—January 13, 1941wk 5
3—January 20, 1941wk 6
3—January 27, 1941wk 7
4↓1February 3, 1941wk 8
5↓1February 10, 1941wk 9
5—February 17, 1941wk 10
5—February 24, 1941wk 11
6NEWMarch 3, 1941

Details

ISBN-13
9782491704612
ISBN-10
2491704617
Published
1940
Pages
226
Publisher
Viking Press
Categories
Fiction

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