Delta Wedding
novel by Welty
Delta Wedding, novel by Eudora Welty, published in 1946. It was Welty’s first full-length novel, presenting a comprehensive and insightful portrait of a Southern plantation family in 1923. Set in the context of the wedding of one of the daughters, the novel explores the relationships between members of the Fairchild family, most of whom have been sheltered from any contact with the world outside the Mississippi delta. Although they quarrel among themselves, they also unite...
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