The Conjure Woman
Chesnutt, Charles W.![The Conjure Woman](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/448/44810254/CHSBZCOP0344810254.jpg)
The Conjure Woman is a collection of fantastical stories narrated by Julius, a former slave, about life on the nearby plantations prior to the Civil War. Each involves an element of magic, be it a vine that dooms those who eat from it or a man transformed into a tree to avoid being separated from his wife. Julius¿s audience, a married couple who have just moved to the South to cultivate grapes, listen on with mixed sympathy and disbelief. They...