num_pages: 320
description: Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the 19th century, marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave. One of Cather's later works.
language: English
title: Sapphira and the Slave Girl
titlecomplete: Sapphira and the Slave Girl
characters: Till, Michael Blake, Sampson, Sapphira Colbert, Henry Colbert, Old Jezebel, Mrs. Bywaters, Lizzie, Mr. Fairhead, Nancy, Martin Colbert, Rachel Blake
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Southern, Novels, Literature, Classics, African American, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 1530
places: Virginia
publisher: Virago Modern Classics