The Color Purple
  • Published:
    Jun-1982 (Hardcover)
    Jun-1985 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    295
  • Age Level:
    14 & up
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Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self.
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    • Jun-1985
    • Pocket
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671617028
    • ISBN13: 9780671617028
    •  
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0594167612
    • ISBN13: 9780594167617
    •  
    • Jun-1983
    • Washington Square Press
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671526022
    • ISBN13: 9780671526023
    •  
    • Mar-1987
    • Pocket
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671647458
    • ISBN13: 9780671647452
    •  
    • Apr-1990
    • Pocket
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671727796
    • ISBN13: 9780671727796
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    • May-1992
    • Rourke Publishing (FL)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0685571467
    • ISBN13: 9780685571460
    • First Edition
    • Jun-1982
    • Harcourt
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0151191530
    • ISBN13: 9780151191536
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    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1690382694
    • ISBN13: 9781690382690
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Jan-1985
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0606005870
    • ISBN13: 9780606005876
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Jan-1990
    • Cambridge University Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0521403979
    • ISBN13: 9780521403979
    •  
    • Apr-1990
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 080851847X
    • ISBN13: 9780808518471
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Jun-1992
    • Harcourt
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0151191549
    • ISBN13: 9780151191543
    •  
    • Jan-2010
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1124001360
    • ISBN13: 9781124001364
    •  
    • Apr-2010
    • Recorded Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1440792496
    • ISBN13: 9781440792496
    •  
    • Sep-2011
    • Open Road Publishing
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1504093534
    • ISBN13: 9781504093538
    •  
    • Sep-2011
    • Open Road Publishing
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Sep-2011
    • Open Road Publishing
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1453223975
    • ISBN13: 9781453223970
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Orion (UK)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1409139263
    • ISBN13: 9781409139263
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    • Jan-2011
    • Whole Story Audiobooks
    • Audible
    •  
    • Feb-2011
    • Recorded Books
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1440792305
    • ISBN13: 9781440792304
    •  
    • Jul-2015
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1501259059
    • ISBN13: 9781501259050
    •  
    • Mar-2019
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 197866527X
    • ISBN13: 9781978665279
    •  
    • Dec-1986
    • G.K. Hall & Company
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 081614141X
    • ISBN13: 9780816141418
    • Large Print
    •  
    • Dec-1986
    • G.K. Hall & Company
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0816141428
    • ISBN13: 9780816141425
    • Large Print



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