- Fiction, Hotelkeepers, Trials (Murder), American Women authors
Edna Earle Ponder, who runs a hotel in a small Mississippi town, tells the story of her beloved, softhearted, but trying Uncle Daniel.
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Classical in form, intimate, contemplative and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Eudora Welty
- First published
- 1954
- Pages
- 156
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Virago, Harcourt, Brace & World
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780860683650
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First sentence
“My Uncle Daniel's just like your uncle, if you've got one-only he has one weakness.”
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