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  • The House Behind the Cedars (Cram Edition)
    Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The House Behind the Cedars pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Charles W. Chesnutt’s 'The House Behind the Cedars' explores themes of racial identity and passing in the post-Reconstruction South. Set in North Carolina, this literary work delves into the comple...
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    25,12 €

  • The Conjure Woman (Cram Edition)
    Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Conjure Woman pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Venture into the heart of the American South with Charles W. Chesnutt’s 'The Conjure Woman,' a collection of captivating short stories steeped in African American folklore. Originally published in 1899, thes...
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    20,97 €

  • The Colonel’s Dream
    Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Colonel’s Dream pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Charles W. Chesnutt’s 'The Colonel’s Dream' offers a poignant exploration of Southern life in the Reconstruction Era. This powerful work delves into the challenges faced by Civil War veterans returning to ...
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    27,09 €

  • Tales of Conjure and The Color Line
    By: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    A pioneer in the development of fiction giving voice to the African-American experience, Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) found literary success with his 'conjure tales' - vignettes from black folk life, recounted partially in the vernacular - and later with his 'stories of the color line,' which addressed more directly the problems of race in America.This outstanding, affo...
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    14,14 €

  • Frederick Douglass - A Biography
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt / Charles WChesnutt
    Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author, and public speaker who garnered significant acclaim for his 1845 autobiography. A leading figure in the abolitionist movement, he fought for the end of slavery until the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation and continued to vehemently fight for human rights until his death. This volu...
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    18,01 €

  • The Critic, Issues 802-827
    Carolyn Shipman / Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    Dive into the rich tapestry of literary thought with 'The Critic, Issues 802-827,' a curated collection of insightful criticism and cultural commentary. Edited by Carolyn Shipman and featuring contributions from luminaries such as Charles Waddell Chesnutt, this compilation offers a unique window into the literary landscape of its time. Explore a diverse range of topics, from in...
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    27,94 €

  • The Critic; Volume 29
    Jeannette Leonard Gilder / Charles Waddell Chesnutt / Joseph Benson Gilder
    The Critic, Volume 29, presents a fascinating snapshot of American literary and cultural life at the close of the 19th century. This collection of essays, reviews, and commentary offers insights into the social issues, artistic trends, and intellectual debates that shaped the era. Edited by Jeannette Leonard Gilder and Joseph Benson Gilder, with contributions from writers like ...
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    29,87 €

  • The Critic; Volume 27
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    'The Critic,' Volume 27, showcases the incisive literary talent of Charles Waddell Chesnutt. This volume likely contains sharp analyses and insightful critiques characteristic of Chesnutt’s work. Chesnutt, known for his contributions to African American literature and his exploration of racial and social themes, offers readers a compelling perspective on literature and society....
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    28,95 €

  • The Critic; Volume 45
    Carolyn Shipman / Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    'The Critic, Volume 45' offers a fascinating glimpse into the literary and social landscape of its time. Edited by Carolyn Shipman and featuring contributions from Charles Waddell Chesnutt, this volume provides insightful commentary and analysis of contemporary works and cultural trends. Explore the diverse voices and perspectives that shaped the intellectual discourse of the e...
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    31,73 €

  • The Conjure Woman
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    Charles Chesnutt was an African American writer. Chesnutt was an early pioneer is writing about African American folklore and racial identity. He wrote about lynchings, segregation and the hypocrisy of American values in the post Civil War South. The stories in The Conjure Woman are written in a frame narrative. The outer frame is told by John a white northerner who bought a...
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    22,20 €

  • A Business Career
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    A Business Careerby Charles W. Chesnutt, edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan A. van Schaik.Introduction by Matthew Wilson.Never before published, A Business Career is the story of Stella Merwin, a white woman entering the working-class world to discover the truth behind her upper-class father’s financial failure. A 'New Woman' of the 1890s, Stella joins a stenographer’s office ...
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    50,18 €

  • Evelyn’s Husband
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    Evelyn’s Husband by Charles W. Chesnutt, edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan A. van Schaik.Introduction by Matthew Wilson.The critique of white male society that Charles W. Chesnutt launched in A Marrow of Tradition continues in Evelyn’s Husband, one of six manuscripts left unpublished when this highly regarded African American innovator died.Set in Boston society, on a deserte...
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    49,88 €

  • The Colonel’s Dream
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    33,56 €

  • The House Behind the Cedars
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    The House Behind The Cedars is a novel by Charles W. Chesnutt, first published in 1900. The story takes place in the post-Civil War South and follows the lives of two mixed-race siblings, John and Rena Walden. John, who is light-skinned enough to pass as white, leaves his hometown in North Carolina to pursue a career as a lawyer in a nearby city, where he meets and falls in lov...
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    30,71 €

  • Frederick Douglass
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    21,49 €

  • Paul Marchand F.M.C.
    Charles Waddell Chesnutt
    Never before published, this novel written in the 1920s disputes prevailing attitudes on racial character and identity. After living for many years in France, the wealthy and sophisticated Paul Marchand, a Free Man of Color, returns to his home in New Orleans. He discovers through a will that he is white and is now head of a prosperous and influential family. Since mixed-race...
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    50,40 €