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        Tobacco Road


        setting

        Deep South, Georgia

        time

        1920s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1932

        page count

        184

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Jeeter Lester family, Bess

        Rip's impressions

        Hilariously fast read––deserves more recognition. It was made into a movie in the 30s.

        first line

        Lov Bensey trudged homeward through the deep white sand of the gully-washed tobacco road with a sack of winter turnips on his back.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

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