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[Review of The Conjure Woman]

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  • Source Text: Anonymous, "[Review of The Conjure Woman]," The New England Magazine 20 (June 20, 1899): 784.

The collection of delightful southern myths deserves a prettier title than the author, Charles W. Chesnutt, has bestowed upon it, viz., "The Conjure Woman." Many of these myths are invented, or adapted, as occasion requires the shrewd darkies to hoodwink and outwit the unsophisticated Yankee who has come among them to buy and cultivate a vineyard. The element of surprise is well developed and capitally managed to produce amusing endings to the chapters. (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. $1.25.)

  • 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 November 21, 2024. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.rev00069.
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