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The House Behind the Cedars

Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

FormatEbook
Published1996
Words69,209
LanguageEnglish
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Set in the post-Civil War South, this novel by Charles W. Chesnutt follows two mixed-race siblings who pass as white and confront the racial barriers of the era. It suits readers interested in African American literature and questions of racial identity.

Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932) was an African American author and essayist active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is best known for his short stories and novels exploring race, identity, and life in the post–Civil War American South.

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