[PAR] [TLE] Paradise (novel) [SEP] Paradise is a 1997 novel by Toni Morrison, and her first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.  According to the author, it completes a "trilogy" that begins with "Beloved" and includes "Jazz". [PAR] [TLE] Beloved (novel) [SEP] Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison.  Set after the American Civil War (1861–65), it is inspired by the story of an African-American slave, Margaret Garner, who escaped slavery in Kentucky late January 1856 by fleeing to Ohio, a free state.  In the novel, the protagonist Sethe is also a slave who escapes slavery, running to Cincinnati, Ohio.  After 28 days of freedom, a posse arrives to retrieve her and her children under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which gave slave owners the right to pursue slaves across state borders.  Sethe kills her two-year-old daughter rather than allow her to be recaptured and taken back to Sweet Home, the Kentucky plantation from which Sethe recently fled.  A woman presumed to be her daughter, called Beloved, returns years later to haunt Sethe's home at 124 Bluestone Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.  The story opens with an introduction to the ghost: "124 was spiteful.  Full of a baby's venom."
[PAR] [TLE] Paradise ( novel ) [ SEP ] Paradise is a 1997 novel by Toni Morrison , and her first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 . According to the author , it completes a " trilogy " that begins with " Beloved " and includes " Jazz " . [PAR] [TLE] Beloved ( novel ) [ SEP ] Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison . Set after the American Civil War ( 1861–65 ) , it is inspired by the story of an African - American slave , Margaret Garner , who escaped slavery in Kentucky late January 1856 by fleeing to Ohio , a free state . In the novel , the protagonist Sethe is also a slave who escapes slavery , running to Cincinnati , Ohio . After 28 days of freedom , a posse arrives to retrieve her and her children under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 , which gave slave owners the right to pursue slaves across state borders . Sethe kills her two - year - old daughter rather than allow her to be recaptured and taken back to Sweet Home , the Kentucky plantation from which Sethe recently fled . A woman presumed to be her daughter , called Beloved , returns years later to haunt Sethe 's home at 124 Bluestone Road , Cincinnati , Ohio . The story opens with an introduction to the ghost : " 124 was spiteful . Full of a baby 's venom . "
Sethe is the protagonist of what 1987 novel written by Nobel Award winning author Toni Morrison?
Sethe is the protagonist of what 1987 novel written by Nobel Award winning author Toni Morrison ?
Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison.
Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison.