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Jonah's Gourd Vine is Zora Neale Hurston's 1934 debut novel. The novel is a semi-autobiographical novel following John Buddy Pearson and his wife, Lucy. The characters share the same first names as Hurston's parents and make a similar migration from Notasulga, Alabama to Hurston's childhood home, Eatonville, Florida .
Jonah's Gourd Vine is Zora Neale Hurston's first novel which she wrote in 4 months and published in 1934. It tells the story of John Buddy Pearson and his wife Lucy. John Buddy becomes a preacher when he gets older and has many women in his life (at least five that I can remember).
Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Zora Neale Hurston’s first novel, originally published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson, “a living exultation” of a young man who loves too many women for his own good.
The novel is a semi-autobiographical account of Hurston's father's life and struggles in Alabama and Florida. It explores themes of race, identity, religion, and morality through the character of John Buddy Pearson, who is a mulatto preacher and politician.
Oct 13, 2009 · Jonah's Gourd Vine, Zora Neale Hurston’s first novel, originally published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson, “a living exultation” of a young man who loves too...
Nov 19, 2021 · Item Size. 875421645. xv, 229 pages ; 21 cm. Despite being a married man and pastor of Zion Hope, John Buddy Pearson is a "natchel man" during the week "who loves too many women for his own good."--Back cover.
Complete summary of Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Jonah's Gourd Vine.
