The Color Purple
Why did Albert keep Nettie's letters from Celie?
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Albert was being vindictive. He hid the letters because he had never forgiven her for rebuffing his advances long before. Thus, he deliberately punished her by keeping the letters.
He didn't want the two to have intimate contact, even through letters.