In her last novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), Cather set the story in her birthplace, Virginia, for the first time.

• 作为凯瑟的出生地，“南方”情结一直隐藏在作家记忆的最深处，那是她心灵的故乡，始终在潜移默化中影响着她的创作。