Jessie Redmon Fauset

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The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American LifePaperback, 21 November 2013

The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life
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Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Dover Publications
Date Published
21 Nov 2013
ISBN-10
0486493229
ISBN-13
9780486493220

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Adultery, incest, and questions of racial identity simmer beneath the tranquil surface of suburban life in this novel, set in a small New Jersey town of the early 1900s. Lovely young Laurentine is obsessed with her bad blood, inherited from a common-law interracial union. Proud and independent, she longs for the respectability of a conventional marriage. Laurentine's vivacious and self-confident cousin, Melissa, also aspires to marry up. But a family secret shadows Melissa's dreams and ambitions as she approaches an explosive revelation.
African-American editor, poet, essayist, and novelist Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance. An editor of the NAACP magazine The Crisis, she was also an editor and co-author of the African-American children's magazine, The Brownies' Book. Her third novel, The Chinaberry Tree, draws upon elements of Greek tragedy in its powerful depiction of interracial love and marriage. The tale also offers a modern perspective on the struggle of its African-American heroines toward self-knowledge.

Product Details

Author:
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
21 November 2013
Dimensions:
21.44 x 14.25 x 1.78 cm
Genre:
African American
ISBN-10:
0486493229
ISBN-13:
9780486493220
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Weight:
399.16 gm

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