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| Author | Frank Yerby |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical |
| Publisher | Dial Press |
Publication date | 1947 |
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| Preceded by | The Foxes of Harrow |
The Vixens is a 1947 historical novel by the American writer Frank Yerby. [1] It was his second published novel and like the first, The Foxes of Harrow, to which it was a sequel it was a commercial success and was ranked fifth on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year. [2] Yerby himself disliked the book and later described it as his worst novel. [3]
References
Bibliography
- Brown, Stephanie. The Postwar African American Novel: Protest and Discontent, 1945-1950. University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
- Hill, James Lee. Anti-heroic Perspectives: The Life and Works of Frank Yerby. University of Iowa, 1976.
- Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900–1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2001.
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| Author | Frank Yerby |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical |
| Publisher | Dial Press |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | The Foxes of Harrow |
The Vixens is a 1947 historical novel by the American writer Frank Yerby. [1] It was his second published novel and like the first, The Foxes of Harrow, to which it was a sequel it was a commercial success and was ranked fifth on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year. [2] Yerby himself disliked the book and later described it as his worst novel. [3]
References
Bibliography
- Brown, Stephanie. The Postwar African American Novel: Protest and Discontent, 1945-1950. University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
- Hill, James Lee. Anti-heroic Perspectives: The Life and Works of Frank Yerby. University of Iowa, 1976.
- Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900–1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2001.
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| This article about a 1940s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |