House Behind the Cedars
2015 Reprint of the 1901 edition. The House Behind the Cedars is the first novel by American author Charles W. Chesnutt. The story unfolds in the southern American states of North and South Carolina a few years following the American Civil War. Rena Walden, a young woman of mixed white and black ancestry, leaves home to join her brother, who has migrated to a new city, where he lives as a white man. Following her brother's lead, Rena begins living as a white woman. The secret of her identity leads to conflict when she falls in love with a white aristocrat who learns the truth of her heredity. The ensuing drama emphasizes themes of interracia…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61427-901-3
- EAN: 9781614279013
- Produktnummer: 19178222
- Verlag: Martino Fine Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 206 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.2 cm 340 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 340
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Charles W. Chesnutt (born 1858, died 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South.
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