Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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47 editions First published in 1987
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History Created October 15, 2009 · 20 revisions
| November 23, 2012 | Edited by Anand Chitipothu | Reverted spam |
| November 21, 2012 | Edited by 188.190.125.67 | Edited without comment. |
| November 1, 2012 | Edited by 155.138.229.115 | Added new cover |
| September 29, 2012 | Edited by Apple Goode | merge authors |
| October 15, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |




















