The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt
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"The House Behind the Cedars" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a novel published in 1900. Set in the post-Civil War South, it follows Rena Walden, a young woman of mixed ancestry who leaves home to live as white alongside her brother. When she falls in love with a white aristocrat, the secret of her heritage threatens to destroy everything. The novel explores interracial relations and the complexities of racial identity in America's
Reconstruction era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 |
|---|---|
| Title | The House Behind the Cedars |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_Behind_the_Cedars_(book) |
| Credits | Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Didactic fiction |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | African Americans -- Fiction |
| Subject | Southern States -- Fiction |
| Subject | Passing (Identity) -- Fiction |
| Subject | African American women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Racism -- Fiction |
| Subject | Racially mixed people -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 472 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 724 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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