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The Color Purple

Paperback • 1982 • English • 1. edition

The Color Purple

By Alice Walker

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend ...Show more

Fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780156031820

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published year

1982

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Color Purple

Format

Paperback

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2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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