A Woman Called Fancy

by Frank Yerby

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Honestly, I read this book for shear diversity, something outside my usual scope.
I'm impressed; though I wasn't at first. The repeated used of the "N" word, the whinny women and barbaric men was getting to me, though the story was thoroughly interesting. Frank, the author surprised me be by delving into minds, heart-ships and lifestyles of 19th Century aristocrats, would-be abolitionists and down-trodden African (Negro) Americans.
Franks depictions of Georgia has actually put that state on my list of places to visit. As for Fancy...you go girl...SMILE!!!
The girl from Storyville
Fancy nació en las montañas de Carolina y no tenía más cultura que la que pudo darse a sí misma. De una gran belleza, poseía también una aguda inteligencia y una voluntad firme. Además, sabía perfectamente qué esperar de la vida.
Pero su vida comenzó mal, porque su padre quiso casarla a los diecinueve años con un viejo de sesenta y cinco, para pagar así sus deudas. Fancy huyó de su casa.
Desgraciadamente, en la Augusta de 1880 las pasiones andaban sueltas. Duelos, crímenes, atropellos sin cuento. En este turbio ambiente, Duke, Ellis y Courtland Brantley intentaron ser amantes de Fancy. Pero ésta se mantuvo insobornable a las tentaciones y, aunque locamente enamorada de Court, no cedió a sus deseos y acabó por ser su show more esposa. Una montaña cayó sobre Fancy... Sin embargo, ella continuó, junto a su marido, luchando contra los prejuicios y evitando que Fern Vance le robara al hombre que amaba. show less

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Canonical title
A Woman Called Fancy
Original title
A Woman Called Fancy
Original publication date
1951
People/Characters
Fancy Williamson; Court Brantley; Old man Wilkins; Duke Ellis; Wyche Weathers
Important places
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Important events
1880s
Dedication
For my mother
First words
The Williamsons' farm lay on a hillside so that when it rained the water ran down and away from it.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For that was what Court Brantley was to here, anyhow. Her life - all of it.
Original language
English
Canonical DDC/MDS
813

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PZ3 .Y415Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction in English

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Reviews
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Rating
½ (3.37)
Languages
English, German, Spanish
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Paper
ISBNs
8
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