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Beloved is a 1987 novel by American novelist Toni Morrison. Set in the period after the American Civil War , the novel tells the story of a dysfunctional family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit .
Beloved, an American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger; Beloved, a Soviet romance film directed by Richard Viktorov; Beloved, based on the Toni Morrison novel; Beloved, a French film written and directed by Christophe Honoré
An essay by A. O. Scott, titled "In Search of the Best", reflected on the results and the premise of the "Great American Novel". Toni Morrison's 1987 novel Beloved received the most votes, a result that had been anticipated by Tanenhaus
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"Readings" bookstore called the novel "Tender and witty, The Beloved is a moving debut novel which paints a vivid portrait of both the beauty and the burden of unconditional love." [ 2 ] Mary Anne Elliott, reviewing the novel in The Northern Star stated: "Faulkner's engaging and evocative narrative never falters; it is by turns wise, witty and ...
The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was on the New York Times Best Seller list for nearly 30 weeks. [2] Kirkus Reviews wrote: "It is a sensitive—at times a tragic—book, penetrating the depths of men's and women's souls, as line after line of the service is spoken, with its meaning enlarged, heightened by the lives of the listeners. ...
This plot summary implies several interpretations which aren't explicit in the novel at all - Beloved putting a spell on Paul D and Howard/Buglar running away because of a fear of their mother [not a fear of the ghost], for example. 17/05/09, Dan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.234.4.1 12:45, 17 May 2009 (UTC)