The Color PurpleA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Winner of the Pulitzer Prize * Winner of the National Book Award Published to unprecedented acclaim, The Color Purple established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction. This is the story of two sisters--one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South--who sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. "Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer." -- New York Times Book Review "Places Walker in the company of Faulkner." -- The Nation "Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place." -- San Francisco Chronicle "A novel of permanent importance." -- Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek |
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User Review - Evelyn.B - LibraryThingYou get to truly hear the voice of the main character while seeing major character development for every single role in the book. Its heartbreaking, thought provoking, and is wrapped up in a beautiful happy ending bow. Read full review
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User Review - meaqhan - LibraryThingThis book was excellent! The format of letters between sisters worked well to convey each of their stories (and the difference in education between them). The female characters, primary focus of the novel, are wonderful. Walker’s novel earns its praise. Read full review
Contents
II | 1 |
IV | 2 |
V | 3 |
VI | 4 |
VII | 5 |
VIII | 6 |
IX | 7 |
X | 9 |
XXXV | 71 |
XXXVI | 74 |
XXXVII | 76 |
XXXVIII | 80 |
XXXIX | 84 |
XL | 88 |
XLI | 90 |
XLII | 93 |
XI | 12 |
XII | 13 |
XIII | 16 |
XIV | 19 |
XV | 22 |
XVI | 24 |
XVII | 26 |
XVIII | 27 |
XIX | 28 |
XX | 33 |
XXI | 35 |
XXII | 37 |
XXIII | 39 |
XXIV | 43 |
XXV | 47 |
XXVI | 49 |
XXVII | 51 |
XXVIII | 53 |
XXIX | 54 |
XXX | 58 |
XXXI | 62 |
XXXII | 64 |
XXXIII | 67 |
XXXIV | 69 |
XLIII | 95 |
XLIV | 98 |
XLV | 100 |
XLVI | 102 |
XLVII | 107 |
XLVIII | 109 |
XLIX | 111 |
L | 114 |
LI | 117 |
LII | 119 |
LIII | 124 |
LIV | 126 |
LV | 127 |
LVI | 128 |
LVII | 130 |
LVIII | 134 |
LIX | 138 |
LX | 141 |
LXI | 144 |
LXII | 146 |
LXIII | 148 |
LXIV | 155 |
LXV | 160 |
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Adam Africa ain't Albert arms asked baby believe better bout cause Celie church clothes colored coming Corrine daddy dead Dear dress Eleanor everything eyes face feel fight Finally folks girl give Grady hair hand happen hard Harpo head hear hold husband keep kill laugh leave live look mama married mean mind Miss Miss Celie missionary mother Nettie never night notice Olinka Olivia pants pretty remember road round Samuel say Shug say Sofia seen Shug Shug Avery sick sing sister sleep sometimes soon sound Squeak stand stop sure talk Tashi tell thing thought told trees turn village walk wear wife woman women write Yeah
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Color Purple Harvest book Mariner books Pulitzer Prize in letters: Fiction Pulitzer Prize |
| Author | Alice Walker |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0156028352, 9780156028356 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Sagas |
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