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[Review of The Conjure Woman]

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  • Source Text: Anonymous, "[Review of The Conjure Woman]," The Independent 51 (September 1900): 2569-2570.

THE CONJURE WOMAN. By Charles W. Chestnutt. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.25.) Seven short stories, somewhat after the style of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus sketches, but yet quite different, make this a very enjoyable little book. The oddities and drolleries of negro life are happily depicted amid scenes peculiar to North Carolina, and there is considerable freshness shown in both incidents and dialogue. The author has a fine sense of humor.

  • Cite (Chicago style): Anonymous, "[Review of The Conjure Woman]," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed December 26, 2024. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.rev00033.
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