Miss Muriel and Other Stories

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Miss Muriel and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by American writer Ann Petry that explores African American life and social realities with sharp psychological insight.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
about African American communities in the 20th century
domestic life
economic hardship
psychological effects of oppression
structural racism
author Ann Petry NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ann Petry NERFINISHED
depicts Black families
Black women’s experiences
interracial tensions
working-class African Americans
genre African American literature
realist fiction
short fiction
hasPart Like a Winding Sheet NERFINISHED
Miss Muriel NERFINISHED
The Bones of the Dead NERFINISHED
The Bones of the Dead and Others NERFINISHED
The Hitchhiker NERFINISHED
The Migraine NERFINISHED
The New Mirror NERFINISHED
The New Year NERFINISHED
The Newcomer NERFINISHED
The Witness NERFINISHED
The Witnesses NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm short story
literaryMovement African-American literary tradition NERFINISHED
mainTheme African American life
gender and family dynamics
psychological insight into everyday experience
race and racism in the United States
social inequality
urban life
narrativePerspective first-person narration
third-person narration
notableFor exploration of African American social realities
sharp psychological insight
setting Harlem NERFINISHED
New York City
small-town New England
style detailed characterization
psychological realism
social realism

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Ann Petry notableWork Miss Muriel and Other Stories