Bellefleur

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Bellefleur is a sprawling, gothic family saga novel by Joyce Carol Oates that blends dark fantasy with American historical fiction.

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instanceOf American novel
family saga
gothic novel
novel
author Joyce Carol Oates
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy A Bloodsmoor Romance
genre dark fantasy
family saga
gothic fiction
historical fiction
hasCharacter Germaine Bellefleur
Gideon Bellefleur
Jean-Pierre Bellefleur
Jedediah Bellefleur
Leah Bellefleur
hasISBN 978-0-525-23969-4
hasMotif curses
dreams
labyrinthine mansion
metamorphosis
prophecy
hasTheme American history
class and privilege
family legacy
fate and destiny
myth and superstition
power and corruption
the supernatural
violence
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainSubject Bellefleur family
mediaType print
narrativeForm multi-generational saga
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeStyle nonlinear narrative
pageCount 558
partOfSeries Gothic Saga by Joyce Carol Oates
publicationYear 1980
publisher Dutton
setInPeriod 18th century
19th century
20th century
setting Adirondack Mountains
New York State

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Joyce Carol Oates notableWork Bellefleur