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100	1		_aHurston, Zora Neale, _d1891-1960
245	1	0	_aMagnolia Flower
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-01-05
508			_aSteve Mattern
520			_aMagnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston is a lyrical short story written in the early 20th century. Framed as a folktale told by a river to a brook, it centers on love, freedom, and resistance to oppression in the American South. The river recounts how Bentley, a formerly enslaved man turned domineering patriarch, marries Swift Deer, a Cherokee woman, and fathers Magnolia Flower, whose fierce gaze and spirit unsettle those around her. Magnolia falls in love with John, a light-skinned teacher who comes to build a school, provoking Bentley’s rage and his plan to force her into another marriage and hang John. With the help of a frightened servant, Magnolia steals the key from her father as he sleeps, frees John, and the two escape by boat beneath three leaning palms. Discovering their flight, Bentley dies in a fit of fury, and his household falls to ruin. Decades later, the now-elderly lovers return to the palms, sit by the water, and feel the river’s murmur welcome them back, sealing their tale of endurance and love. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cUnited States: The Spokesman, 1925
653			_aAfrican Americans -- Fiction
653			_aFlorida -- Fiction
653			_aLove -- Fiction
653			_aCherokee Indians -- Fiction
653			_aMultiracial people -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/completestories0000hurs_c6p2/page/n5/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77621
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