Beloved : a novel
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Author
Published
New York : Vintage International, [2004].
Format
Book
Edition
First Vintage International edition.
ISBN
9781400033416, 1400033411, 9780756940553, 0756940559
Physical Desc
xix, 321 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Barnstable Sturgis Library - Adult | FICTION MOR | On Shelf | |
Centerville Public Library - Young Adult | YA FICTION MORRISON CLASSIC | Checked Out | September 18, 2023 |
Edgartown Public Library - Adult | FICTION MORRISON | Checked Out | October 11, 2023 |
Hyannis Public Library - Adult | FICTION Morrison | On Shelf | |
Jonathan Bourne Public Library - Adult | FICTION Morrison | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Vintage International, [2004].
Edition
First Vintage International edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781400033416, 1400033411, 9780756940553, 0756940559
UPC
9781400033416
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6, 15 Points
Level 6, 15 Points
Lexile measure
870
Notes
General Note
Portion of statement of responsibility taken from cover.
General Note
"Originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1987"--Title page verso.
Description
Set after the American Civil War (1861-1865), the novel is inspired by the story of an African American slave, Margaret Garner, who escaped slavery in Kentucky late January 1856 by fleeing to Ohio, a free state. In the novel, the protagonist Sethe is also a slave who escapes slavery, running to Cincinnati, Ohio. After twenty-eight days of freedom, a posse arrives to retrieve her and her children under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which gave slave owners the right to pursue slaves across state borders. Sethe kills her two-year-old daughter rather than allow her to be recaptured and taken back to Sweet Home, the Kentucky plantation from which Sethe recently fled. A woman presumed to be her daughter, called Beloved, returns years later to haunt Sethe's home at 124 Bluestone Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Target Audience
870L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,High School,8.1,19,Quiz: 01067,Guided reading level: NR.
Language
ESL 112+
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 1988
Awards
American Book Award, 1988
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Morrison, T. (2004). Beloved: a novel (First Vintage International edition.). Vintage International.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morrison, Toni. 2004. Beloved: A Novel. New York: Vintage International.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morrison, Toni. Beloved: A Novel New York: Vintage International, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Morrison, Toni. Beloved: A Novel First Vintage International edition., Vintage International, 2004.
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