Classics · Literary
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Janie returns to her Florida town and tells her friend about her three marriages and her search for a life of her own. The story is told in rich dialect and with a strong sense of nature.
- First published
- 1937
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like lyrical, voice-driven novels about independence, love and finding your own way of speaking.
Skip this if you find dialect hard to read; it takes a few pages to settle into the rhythm.
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