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An edition of The Color Purple (1976)

The Color Purple

paperback edition

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  • ★★★★ 4.19 ·
  • 73 Ratings
  • 1253 Want to read
  • 76 Currently reading
  • 140 Have read

The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

The novel has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000–2009 at number seventeenth because of the sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence. In 2003, the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novels."


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English
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262

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Fiction & Literature, Blacks, social life and customs, songs and music, Lesbian fiction, Epistolary fiction, Fiction, African American women, Sisters, Adult child sexual abuse victims, Abused wives, Domestic fiction, National Book Award Winner, award:national_book_award=1983, award:national_book_award=fiction, American fiction, African American authors, Social conditions, open_syllabus_project, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Language readers, Books that Shaped Work in America, Fictional Works Publication Type, African Continental Ancestry Group, Romans, Noires américaines, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, 1000blackgirlbooks, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Southern states, fiction, Sisters, fiction, African americans, fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, general, Fiction, african american, general, Large type books, Noires, Romans, nouvelles, Historical fiction, LGBTQ novels, Fiction, african american & black, general, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life, general, Vrouwenemancipatie, Racisme, Romans en novellen ; vertaald, American literature, Translations into Spanish, Spanish fiction, Spanish imprints, Roman espagnol, Imprimés espagnols, Lesbians, Friendship, Fiction & literature, Social life and customs, Songs and music, African american women, National book award winner, Award:national_book_award=1983, Award:national_book_award=fiction, African american authors, Open_syllabus_project, Long now manual for civilization, Books that shaped work in america, Fictional works publication type, African continental ancestry group, Reading level-grade 7, Reading level-grade 9, Reading level-grade 8, Reading level-grade 11, Reading level-grade 10, Reading level-grade 12, Lgbtq novels
People
Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery, Albert, God, Samuel, Corrine, Alphonso, Adam, Olivia, Harpo, Sofia, Squeak, Sheriff Hodges, Grady, Germaine, Tashi
Places
Southern States, United States, Georgia, Africa, Tennessee
Times
1930s

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The Colour Purple
Jan 01, 2004, Phoenix
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The Color Purple
2004, Phoenix
paperback in English - paperback edition
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La Couleur Pourpre
2001-04-25, J'ai Lu
Mass Market Paperback in French
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De kleur paars
1987-08, Muntinga
Mass Market Paperback in Dutch - zevende druk; movie tie-in
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The color purple
1986, Guild Publishing
hardcover in English - Fourth reprint
Cover of: The Color Purple
The Color Purple
1985 12, Pocket Books
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The Color Purple
1985 12, Pocket Books
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The Color Purple
1983 06, Washington Square Press
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The Color Purple
1983-06, Washington Square Press
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The Color Purple
1982, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
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Copyright Date
1992

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paperback
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262p.
Number of pages
262

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OL46944713M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781407224282
ISBN 10
140722428X
ISBN 13
9781407224282

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