| Keziah Dane | |
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| 200px 1967 first edition |
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| Author(s) | Sue Grafton |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | The MacMillan Company |
| Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 220pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-151-88895-2 |
| Followed by | The Lolly-Madonna War |
Keziah Dane is a 1967 novel by Sue Grafton.[1] A work of mainstream fiction, this novel was published by Grafton when she was 27 years old.[2] This is one of only two Sue Grafton novels published before her more famous "Alphabet" series of mystery novels.[3]
This is the fourth novel Grafton wrote but the first one published.[4] Originally written under the title The Seventh Day of Keziah Dane, Grafton entered the unpublished novel in an Anglo-American Book Award contest.[5] The novel did not win, but it drew a publication offer from a British publisher which Grafton used to get an agent who got the book an American publisher, Macmillan.[5]
Plot summary [link]
Keziah Dane is a widow who lives "on the brink of poverty" with her children in a small Kentucky town. She lost her husband in a flood that also devastated their town. A vagrant named Web gains Keziah's trust then attempts to rape her eldest daughter. The daughter fends off the attack but kills Web in the process. The body is dumped in the flooded town and unexpected complications ensue for the Dane family.
Critical reaction [link]
Contemporary reaction was positive with featured reviews in The New York Times[6] and Los Angeles Times[7], among others. Reviewer Marjorie Driscoll noted that Grafton presented her "widely varied array of characters" in a "sympathetic and understanding story" while displaying her "versatility" by "making them all very real."[7]
References [link]
- ^ Kleber, John E. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky. p. 521. ISBN 978-0-8131-2100-0.
- ^ White, Claire E. (October 1999). "A Conversation With Sue Grafton". Writers Write. https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/oct99/grafton.htm. "Her first two novels were not mysteries. Her first novel was published when she was 27 (Keziah Dane), and her second was published two years after that (The Lolly-Madonna War)."
- ^ McDonnell, Brandy (2007-04-15). "Sue Grafton sees mystery behind ABCs". Daily Oklahoman. https://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30314301_ITM.
- ^ Richards, Linda L. (1997). ""G" is for Grafton: Sue Grafton's Murderous Moments". January Magazine. https://januarymagazine.com/grafton.html. "Her first published book was the fourth book she'd written: Keziah Dane published was in 1967."
- ^ a b Beattie, L. Elisabeth (2003). Conversations With Kentucky Writers. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8131-9043-3.
- ^ "New Books". The New York Times: p. 44. 1967-10-02.
- ^ a b Driscoll, Marjorie (1967-10-22). "Farm, Flood and Aftermath". Los Angeles Times: p. S40.
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Keziah
Keziah is a person in the Hebrew Bible. She was the second of the three daughters born to Job after his sufferings (Job 42:14). Her elder sister was Jemima and her younger sister Keren-Happuch.
A number of etymologies have been suggested for her name, among them the Hebrew for Cassia, from the name for the spice tree. The name has been taken to symbolize female equality, since all of Job's three daughters received an inheritance from their father, an unusual circumstance in a time period when women and men were not treated equally.
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Keziah (name)
Keziah is a Hebrew name. Keziah was a daughter of Job in the Hebrew Bible. A number of etymologies have been suggested, among them the Hebrew term for the spice tree Cassia.
In the United Kingdom, the name Kezia is now unusual, but it was more common in Victorian times. In 1890, the births of 137 children named Kezia were registered in England; in 1990, only 40 were. More recently the name has become unisex despite its origin such as the musician Keziah Jones. Keziah has also found its way into modern literature in the book Keziah Dane by Sue Grafton.
Keziah was also used as a female first name in the United States in the nineteenth century. For example, Keziah Brevard ran a plantation in South Carolina in the 1850s and 60s; Keziah Brower lived on farms near Madison, Wisconsin and Vermillion, Dakota Territory [now South Dakota] in the 1850s, 60s, and 70s.
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