These two classic novels by the Pulitzer Prize winning author depict 20th century Southern life ';with infinite finesse' (The Christian Science Monitor). Set in 1923, Eudora Welty's first novel, The Delta Wedding, centers around the Fairchild family and their preparations for a wedding at their Mississippi plantation. Drama leads to drama, and the result is a surprising portrait of a large and clamorous Southern family that is ';nothing short of riotous' (The New Yorker). In The Ponder Heart, Daniel Ponder of Clay County, Mississippi, is giving away family heirlooms, a watch, and so far, at least one family business. His niece, Edna Earle, has a solution to save the family fortune from Daniel's mortifying philanthropy: As much as she loves her Uncle Daniel, she's decided to have him institutionalized in this ';wonderful tragicomedy' (The New York Times).
| ISBN: | 9780544935341 |
| Publication date: | 10th May 2016 |
| Author: | Welty, Eudora |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |