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A short history of a small place

Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of A Short History of a Small Place announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T.R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.

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  • "Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of A Short History of a Small Place announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T.R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature."@en
  • "In this introduction to Neely, the youn narrator, Louis benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seculsion, returns flamboyantly to public view- with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches."
  • "Recounts the last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, local spinster, who after years of seclusion returns to public view for a brief time before leaping to her death from the local water tower. Also tells of other memorable local characters."

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  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "A short history of a small place a novel"
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  • "A short history of a small place"
  • "A short history of a small place : a novel"
  • "A short history of a small place : a novel"@en

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