This novel explores the complex and mercurial nature of human emotions This is a tragic story told by Max Harper, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper. He lives with his parents and brother on land owned by a benevolent planter named Acroft. It seems a great wrong for a boy so warm and intelligent to be crushed in the pit of poverty. Despite the unbridled contempt Acroft's bullying son Vance inflicts on the Harper family, the young Max remains sensitive and restrained. However, Vance's scorn for Max fuels an antagonism ...
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This novel explores the complex and mercurial nature of human emotions This is a tragic story told by Max Harper, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper. He lives with his parents and brother on land owned by a benevolent planter named Acroft. It seems a great wrong for a boy so warm and intelligent to be crushed in the pit of poverty. Despite the unbridled contempt Acroft's bullying son Vance inflicts on the Harper family, the young Max remains sensitive and restrained. However, Vance's scorn for Max fuels an antagonism that leads to a tragic and violent death.
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Add this copy of The Loved and the Unloved to cart. $127.50, very good condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Harper.
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Very Good. Author inscribed "With very special good wishes" and signed, 1955 Harper first edition. Jacket is rubbed and chipped. Please email for photos.
