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The House Behind the Cedars

Name: The House Behind the Cedars
Author: Charles W. Chesnutt
ISBN: 9780486461441

by Charles W. Chesnutt

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1900, this groundbreaking novel by a distinguished African-American author recounts the drama of a brother and sister who "pass for white" during the dangerous days of Reconstruction.

About the Author, Charles W. Chesnutt

Charles W. Chesnutt, born in 1858, is generally acknowledged as the first publicly acclaimed African American novelist. Between 1885 and 1905 he published more than fifty tales and essays, two collections of short stories, a biography of Frederick Douglass, and three novels.