| The House Behind the Cedars Contributor(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Author), Gibson, Donald B. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140186859 ISBN-13: 9780140186857 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98143616 |
| Lexile Measure: 1220 |
| Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.08" W x 7.82" (0.39 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An early masterwork among American literary treatments of miscegenation, Chesnutt's story is of two young African Americans who decide to pass for white in order to claim their share of the American dream. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |