Erskine Caldwell

Jeeter Lester, a poor Georgia sharecropper, and his family struggle to get by, but when his son Dude is seduced and married by Jeeter's widowed sister, it starts a tragic chain of events.

Tobacco Road

Ty Ty Walden, a poor Georgia farmer, dedicates an acre of his barren land to God as he and his family struggle for peace and prosperity

God's Little Acre

Patricia Wentworth

The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his uncle and has served a year of his sentence already. Or has he? The evidence against Geoffrey Grey is convincing but his wife believes in his innocence. And so does her young cousin, Hilary, who decides to solve the mystery herself. But when Hilary is nearly murdered she turns in desperation to her ex-fiance for help. Fortunately, he is acquainted with the singular Miss Silver, who is only too pleased to be asked to investigate.

A House in the Uplands

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La route au tabac

Gretta

Horacio Vázquez Rial

Unsentimentally realistic, this classic novel is a reflection of the effects of poverty on tenant farmers in the South during the Great Depression. It focuses on the Lester family, former cotton farmers who continue to live on their ancestors’ plantation even though it has long ceased to be prosperous. Jeeter and Ada Lester have 17 children, two of whom still live at home: Ellie May, their only unmarried daughter who has a cleft lip, and Dude, their youngest son who is mentally handicapped. The family’s antics, while at times vile and perverse, depict the racism and moral ambiguity that existed among some impoverished Southerners at that time and represent Erskine Caldwell’s critique of the failed economic system and its consequences. Realista sin ser sentimental, esta novela clásica es una reflexión de los efectos de la pobreza en los aparceros en el sur durante la Gran Depresión. Se enfoca en la familia Lester, antiguos agricultores de algodón que siguen viviendo en la plantación de sus antepasados, a pesar de que ésta desde hace tiempo dejó de ser próspera. Jeeter y Ada Lester tienen 17 hijos, dos de los cuales todavía viven en casa: Ellie May, su única hija soltera que tiene un labio leporino, y Dude, su hijo menor que tiene deficiencia mental. Las travesuras de la familia, aunque a veces viles y perversas, muestran el racismo y la ambigüedad moral que existía entre algunos sureños empobrecidos en ese momento y representan la crítica de Erskine Caldwell del sistema económico reprobado y sus consecuencias.

El camino del tabaco

This novel introduces one of Caldwell's most memorable characters: the philandering, murderous itinerant preacher, Semon Dye. Part allegory, part tall tale, and with a good measure of old frontier humor, Journeyman tells of this devilish stranger who mysteriously arrives in Rocky Comfort, Georgia, and nearly tears the small community apart.

Journeyman

Jenny

La via del tabacco

Amor e dinheiro

An Anthology

The Humorous Side of Erskine Caldwell

The author's anecdotes, memories, interviews, and observations offer a portrayal of the religious life of the South and how southern protestantism fared during the social upheaval of the mid-1960s

Memory and Observation

Deep South

Tragic Ground

The Complete Stories

Strong-minded Southern widow supports and rules a curious menage of kinfolk as she does battle against the encroachments of the modern world.

By Erskine Caldwell

Miss Mamma Aimee

Novels

The Bastard and Poor Fool

Gulf Coast Stories

Tells the story of Blondy Niles, a boxer living on the fringes of society, who gets caught up in horrible acts when he falls under the spell of Mrs. Boxx, a woman who runs an abortion mill in her house

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