num_pages: 320
description: A novel of jealousy set in pre-Civil War Virginia.One of Willa Cather's later works, this story of Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the nineteenth century who marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave, is considered by many one of her best novels."Sapphira and the Slave Girl ranks with Death Comes for the Archbishop, My Antonia and A Lost Lady." -Commonweal"In the beauty of line and the almost perfect selection of detail, this novel does Miss Cather proud." -Atlantic Monthly
language: English
title: Sapphira and the Slave Girl
titlecomplete: Sapphira and the Slave Girl (Vintage Classics)
characters: Till, Sampson, Sapphira Colbert, Mr. Fairhead, Lizzie, Henry Colbert, Mrs. Bywaters, Michael Blake, Nancy, Martin Colbert, Rachel Blake, Old Jezebel
genres: Classics, Historical, Southern, Fiction, African American, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, American
ratings_count: 1530
places: Virginia
publisher: Vintage