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Summary

Ruth Yancey was only a small child the first time she saw Fox's Earth, a magnificent three-storied Georgia house that was home to the privileged Fox family. The daughter of a mean, poor mill worker, Ruth vowed that someday she would not only live in such a house, but rule it as her own. Years... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

First Sentence

BY TWO P.M. THEY HAD WALKED FOR HALF AN HOUR, THE man and his family, and the sweat of that sun-blanched September Saturday in 1903 lay sour in waistbands and collars and dampened pale hair and ran rank down thin necks and backs and legs.

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  1. Ann Rivers Siddons (Author)
 

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