1940 SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL by Willa Cather

FIRST Edition

In VERY nice condition. See photos.

In her final novel, Willa Cather departed from her usual Great Plains settings to explore the turbulent relationships between slaves and their owners in the antebellum South.

Sapphira and the Slave Girl takes place in Virginia just before the Civil War. Sapphira is a slave owner who feels she has come down in the world and channels her resentments into jealousy of her beautiful slave, Nancy. Sapphira’s daughter Rachel, an abolitionist, opposes her mother’s attempts to persecute Nancy. The struggles of these three strong-willed women provide rich material for Cather’s narrative art and psychological insight.