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  <title><![CDATA[Delta Wedding]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;A vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative, Laura McRaven, and the family&amp;#8217;s preparations for her cousin Dabney&amp;#8217;s wedding.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1946</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[The common view was that, though the writing was lush, and the characterizations apt, the novel did show the flaws that you might have expected from a first-time author.<br/><br/>The tone of the first chapter, from the point of view of a young child, was excellent. But she was not able to construc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18941492">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes I enjoy reading books written by an author who lived during a different time period than what I have lived.  The writing style and language are different, I have to pay more attention and look deeper while I am reading.  I also enjoy envisioning what my life might be like during this diffe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16801838">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eudora Welty never fails to satisfy, but this tale is especially rewarding. I usually dislike or skim over descriptive passages, but when it comes to her vivid descriptions, I read and savor every word, which she chooses like a poet does: with great care. This story of a privileged family, gathering...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63939308">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really love the way Eudora Welty captures the cadences of Southern speech and the deceptively-slow appearances which obscure such swirling complexities of depth in the character's experiences.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[From a literary criticism standpoint, I struggled with this book a bit. I always try to analyze the structure of a story - the conflict/resoulution, the antagonist and protagonist, etc... I am sure this book has all of those elements, but I still cannot pinpoint with certainty what they are. That bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64993971">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been writing a lot lately about feminist musicologist <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.eveningallafternoon.com/2009/08/feminine-endings-music-gender-and-sexuality.html">Susan McClary</a> and her ideas about the need for an alternative narrative practice.  McClary goes in search of a mode of storytelling that does not dwell in a land of perpetual desire, of constant striving for a climax or resolution which, onc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67024528">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eudora Welty writes prose like no one else. Her dialogue is always spot on and her descriptions are so pastoral and beautiful. I read the book all day, but took a couple naps. When I woke, I felt like I was in my old home in New Orleans. She brought me back to that feeling of being at home in the So...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54850107">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great rollicking tale. Wonderful poetic descriptions of the countryside, the towns and fields, and the houses. The characters are well drawn and play against the backdrop of southern culture where family, manners and tradition are most important. A young cousin whose mother has died is sen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47137986">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A gentle, slow moving story about a southern family set in the early 1900's (??) about a young girl who goes to be with extended family as they prepare for a wedding.  It is more of a portrait than a compelling narrative, a story that unfolds through the characterizations of people set in a particul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73146815">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a long time to plow through this book.  Very disappointing as I was initially excited to read it.  It is by Eudora Welty - an author whose short stories I adore.  However, the Delta Wedding went on and on about virtually nothing.  Had a difficult time visualizing the characters or even ke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68617177">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I truly believe this was loosely based on my husband's mother's life. She was from the Mississippi Delta and this was written within several of years of her mother's death when she and her sister were taken by their father to live with their mother's &quot;people.&quot; Ms. Welty is the quintessenti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42181720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53218041">
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    <body><![CDATA[It's supposed to be one of the finest examples of Welty's work but I just could not get into this book. In fact, I had to force myself to sit down and open it. Very little plot to speak of. Mostly one long description of a family that I did not learn to like. Welty's short stories are her gems, not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53218041">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was just thinking about this book today and how much I really enjoyed it--one of my favs.  It's set during the turn of the century (think linen dresses, porches and lemonade) and in the Louisiana Bayou.  The whole story in real time only spans a few weeks (or days??) following the preparations of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27985923">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the end, I loved the Fairchilds and wanted to be part of the clan.  Still, I could not quite get what the author was saying about the charactar of the family members.  Maybe that all family members are flawed by bring their own good to the group as a whole. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt like I needed to read something of Welty's; so much has been made of her writing.  This book paints a vivid picture and has very interesting characters.  But I really felt like the story itself dragged.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[loved this...wish all writers would read eudora... not write like her mind you...but think we can all benefit from reading words strung together the wasy she does it! xoxo]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good, but Welty's syntax can often be hard to follow.  Southern and mysterious, it slowly illustrates the lives and histories in a Southern family through shifting points-of-view.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A gift from a former professor that bewitched me with its sprawling language and gentle heart.  The coming of age notes in this book grant it a sweet sadness that is unrivaled, and belongs only to Welty's Southern society.  Well worth the read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like I could meaningfully &quot;rate&quot; a Welty novel--!--but I like this one in company with The Optimist's Daughter, for showing where she started and where she finished up, style-wise. Each is its own kind of pleasure, but her artistic growth is palpable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not merely a book about small-town Southern life; an insightful study of family dynamics and resistance to change.]]></body>
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