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Title: The Conjure Woman
Author: Charles W. Chesnutt
Release Date: March 22, 2004 [EBook #11666]
Language: English
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THE CONJURE WOMAN
BY
CHARLES W. CHESNUTT
First published in 1899 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
CONTENTS
THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE PO' SANDY MARS JEEMS'S NIGHTMARE THE CONJURER'S REVENGE SIS' BECKY'S PICKANINNY THE GRAY WOLF'S HA'NT HOT-FOOT HANNIBAL
"The Conjurer's Revenge" is reprinted from The Overland Monthly by permission of the publishers.
APPENDIX
Uncollected Uncle Julius Stories Dave's Neckliss (1889) A Deep Sleeper (1893) Lonesome Ben (1900) Essay Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South (1901)
THE CONJURE WOMAN
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THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE
Some years ago my wife was in poor health, and our family doctor, in whose skill and honesty I had implicit confidence, advised a change of climate. I shared, from an unprofessional standpoint, his opinion that the raw winds, the chill rains, and the violent changes of temperature that characterized the winters in the region of the Great L