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Seraph on the Suwanee is a 1948 novel by African-American novelist Zora Neale Hurston. It follows the life of a White woman and the fraught relationship she has with her husband and family. The novel is noteworthy for its exploration of "white crackers" in Florida.
- October 11, 1948
- Historical Fiction
Dec 2, 2008 · Seraph on the Suwanee is the compelling story of two people at once deeply in love and deeply at odds. The heroine, young Arvay Henson, is convinced she will never find true love and happiness, and defends herself from unwanted suitors by throwing hysterical fits and professing religious fervor.
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- Zora Neale Hurston
- $13.39
- Harper Perennial
Full of insights into the nature of love, attraction, faith, and loyalty, Seraph on the Suwanee is the compelling story of two people at once deeply in love and deeply at odds. The heroine, young Arvay Henson, is convinced she will never find true love and happiness, and defends herself from unwanted suitors by throwing hysterical fits and ...
July 26, 2023. Seraph on the Suwanee was the last novel Zora Neale Hurston published before her death in 1960. In it, she tells of the relationship and marriage of Arvay and Jim Meserve, a white couple from Florida. This is Hurston's only novel where the main characters are white.
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- Paperback
Jun 13, 2023 · Seraph on the Suwanee, Zora Neale Hurston’s fourth and last published novel (1948), was an outlier among her works, which included numerous short stories and ethnographic collections. The reason: it was her only book that was written about white people — specifically, Florida’s “white crackers .”
Dec 1, 2008 · Alive with the same passion and understanding of the human heart that made Their Eyes Were Watching God a classic, Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee masterfully explores the evolution of a marriage and the conflicting desires of an unforgettable young woman in search of herself and her place in the world. Read more. Print length. 416 pages. Language.
- Paperback
- Zora Neale Hurston
Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel. Zora Neale Hurston. Scribner's, 1948 - Fiction - 311 pages. In a perceptive study of the meaning of love, two people find themselves at once deeply in love...
