Beloved

The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentuckhy, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe''s baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother''s hands, and who will return to claim retribution.

**One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

• | Author: Toni Morrison
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 1999
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780099273936
• | ISBN-10: 0099273934