Magnolia Flower: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Magnolia Flower is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960).
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Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston is a lyrical short story written in the early 20th century. Framed as a folktale told by a river to a brook, it centers on love, freedom, and resistance to oppression in the American South. The river recounts how Bentley, a formerly enslaved man turned domineering patriarch, marries Swift Deer, a Cherokee woman, and fathers Magnolia Flower, whose fierce gaze and spirit unsettle those around her. Magnolia falls in love with John, a light-skinned teacher who comes to build a school, provoking Bentley’s rage and his plan to force her into another marriage and hang John. With the help of a frightened servant, Magnolia steals the key from her father as he sleeps, frees John, and the two escape by boat beneath three leaning palms. Discovering their flight, Bentley dies in a fit of fury, and his household falls to ruin. Decades later, the now-elderly lovers return to the palms, sit by the water, and feel the river’s murmur welcome them back, sealing their tale of endurance and love.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Magnolia Flower
- Author credits: Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Cherokee Indians -- Fiction
- Florida -- Fiction
- Love -- Fiction
- Multiracial people -- Fiction
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