Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Nature of time Time

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

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English
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Topic
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Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
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Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Vol. 2, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860, ch. 24.

Current Citation

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