# The Conjure Woman — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt.

- [The Goophered Grapevine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/the-goophered-grapevine.md): The narrator and his wife Annie meet Julius McAdoo, an old Black man, while inspecting a vineyard they consider buying. Julius warns them that the vineyard is 'goophered' (bewitched) and tells the story of how Mars Dugal
- [Po' Sandy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/po-sandy.md): Julius tells the story of Sandy, a slave who is constantly lent out by his master Mars Marrabo McSwayne, causing him to be separated from his wife Tenie. Tenie, a conjure woman, turns Sandy into a pine tree so he can sta
- [Mars Jeems's Nightmare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/mars-jeems-s-nightmare.md): Julius's grandson Tom proves lazy and is discharged by the narrator. While waiting at a mineral spring, the narrator and his wife witness a neighbor cruelly beating his horse. Julius remarks that such cruelty leads to ba
- [The Conjurer's Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/the-conjurer-s-revenge.md): On a dull Sunday afternoon, the narrator and his wife Annie are visited by Julius, who warns against buying a mule. Julius tells the story of Primus, a slave who was transformed into a mule by a conjurer after stealing a
- [Sis' Becky's Pickaninny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/sis-becky-s-pickaninny.md): Julius tells the story of Sis' Becky, a field hand separated from her husband and later traded by her owner for a racehorse. Her baby Mose is sold to a speculator, causing Becky deep despair. Through conjure and the help

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- [The Gray Wolf's Ha'nt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/the-gray-wolf-s-ha-nt.md)
- [Hot-Foot Hannibal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/hot-foot-hannibal.md)
- [Other Julius Tales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/other-julius-tales.md)
- [Dave’s Neckliss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/dave-s-neckliss.md)
- [Lonesome Ben](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/lonesome-ben.md)
- [A Victim of Heredity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/a-victim-of-heredity.md)
- [Tobe's Tribulations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/tobe-s-tribulations.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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