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Delta Wedding (Paperback)

by Eudora Welty (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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It is 1923; little motherless Laura McRaven travels from Jackson, Mississippi, on a train named the Yellow Dog. She is returning to Shellmound, the family plantation in the heart of the delta, where she will gather with relatives for the marriage of Dabney, the prettiest of the Fairchild girls.

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Eudora Welty was born in 1908 in Jackson, Mississippi, which is still her home. One of America's most distinguished writers, she has published five novels and as many volumes of short stories. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973

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4.0 out of 5 stars an exceptional portrait of southern life, May 5 2003
By maureen (michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Delta Wedding (Paperback)
I first bought this book a year ago, seeing it laying on a table of "recommended books" at [a store] and thinking to myself that it sounded intriguing. I got home, opened it up and....put it down w/in ten minutes. Being somewhat widely read, this does not often happen to me, but I admit I found this book at first utterly boring.

However, a few days ago, I decided to try again and this time I opened up the book-and kept reading. The story draws you in slowly, until you feel you are present in shellmound, sitting in the settee in the corner watching this all take place. The setting description was vividly realistic, the characters believable. The characters ARE the plot line: the novel unfolds through the eyes of both outsiders (ellen and laura) and also through the eyes of the fairchilds themselves [in the forms of shelley and dabney].

This thought provoking narrative of a large and intricately woven Southern family is brought to life through the evocative words of eudora welty, and stays in the heart long after the last page is turned.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pure drudgery, April 24 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Delta Wedding (Paperback)
I must admit I have not yet finished Delta Wedding. If I do, it will be by sheer force of will. It is a laborious read. Nothing has drawn me into this book and the authors run-on style is tiresome and confusing. I often have to re-read a long convoluted sentence and then ask myself, "Just what is she trying to say?"

I realize I am in the minority, but this book is not the least bit enjoyable to read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lush, slow southern writing at its best, April 20 2003
By Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delta Wedding (Paperback)
Eudora Welty scored big-time with this dreamy, humid, dense (HUGE cast of characters), meandering but otherwise very simple story of a young girl, a cousin, whose mother has recently died. She's shipped off for the summer to the 'plantation' home of her mother's sister and a never-ending list of cousins and aunts and great aunts and boyfriends and husbands and and and and.
Nothing much happens, but we're treated to a leisurely piece of writing in all the intoxicating cadences of southern drawl, sweet as mint tea and magnolia blossoms.
A beautiful southern classic.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Advil, anyone?
This novel was the hardest I have ever read. It was not due to content, but due to the writing itself. Read more
Published on Nov 13 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars A richly drawn evocation of a simple family wedding
On its surface, "Delta Wedding" is a story about the preparations for a wedding by a Southern clan. As one of the characters remarks, the family takes "you in circles, whirling... Read more
Published on Mar 2 2002 by D. Cloyce Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars In Defense of Delta Wedding
Unlike the reader from Ohio, I loved Delta Wedding. It was my first introduction to Eudora Welty. I found her prose beautiful and loved the characters. Read more
Published on Feb 10 2002 by Nancy J. Miller

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment
This is the first I've ever read of Eudora Welty, and I found the book to meander aimlessly and end inconclusively. Read more
Published on May 17 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Like being a member of the family
Reading "Delta Wedding" is like attending a family wedding and meeting all your distant relatives for the first time. Read more
Published on Aug 21 2000 by Dianne Merridith

5.0 out of 5 stars Song of the South
As a lifelong Southern girl, I find that there are three authors who can fully unveil the truth about the south: Shelby Foote, William Faulkner, and Miss Eudora Welty. Read more
Published on Jun 26 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Here it is, Mrs. McWain!
I do have to admit that Eudora Welty is one of the best writer's as far as capturing the complexities of human emotions and interactions. Read more
Published on May 9 2000 by Janie Noonan

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most beautifully constructed novels I've read!
I had to read this for a Lit of the American South class I'm taking for my M.A. I read it in two days with a study guide close at hand as well as several background articles on... Read more
Published on Jun 22 1999 by J. F Malysiak

5.0 out of 5 stars Delta Wedding is one book I'm going to have to read again.
This book is deep, deep without being ponderous or erudite. It is deep like life, like an ordinary day, filled with significant events and events whose significance has yet to be... Read more
Published on Mar 8 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars And You Thought Weddings Weren't That Deep...
Eudory Welty has created a world as hazy and ephemeral as a hot Southern afternoon. Characters and events emerge and dissipate in this novel like heat waves. Read more
Published on Mar 3 1999

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