The Ponder Heart (VMC, #410)

Name: The Ponder Heart
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by Eudora Welty

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The Ponder Heart (VMC, #410)

by Eudora Welty

1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved

Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel's trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.

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ISBN10 0156729156
ISBN13 9780156729154
Publish Date 20 April 2023 (first published 1 January 1954)
Publish Status Active
Publish Country US
Imprint Harcourt Brace International

Format Paperback
Pages 156
Language English

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A little hilarious, underrated gem. Welty can write, and it’s satire out of pure affection: all the characters with great big hearts of dark humor, endearingly zany, a shared ground with Faulkner at his funniest.