Publication

1999 - Polestar, Victoria, B.C, British Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

39,250 words, Guess

Page Count

157 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing303099
  • Goodreads1152598

Classifications

  • DDC812/.54
  • LCCPR9199.3.C5265 B4 1999

Description

"Beatrice Chancy is set in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia in the year 1801. Beatrice is the daughter of a black slave woman who was raped by her white master. Raised in the master's household, Beatrice is beautiful, clever, kind and cultured - her father's prize possession. As her story opens, Beatrice is sixteen and freshly returned from a convent school where she was sent "to copy white ladies' ways." Her declaration of love for a slave sparks tension that culminates in a monstrous act: the rape of Beatrice by her own father, Francis Chancy. From here, violence begets violence until Chancy is killed and Beatrice is hanged for his death."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Drama.

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