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The chinaberry tree : a novel of American life / Jessie Redmon Fauset ; introduction by Thadious M. Davis.
Van Pelt Library PS3511.A864 C48 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fauset, Jessie Redmon.
- Series:
- African-American women writers, 1910-1940
- African American women writers, 1910-1940
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, x, 341 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G.K. Hall ; London : Prentice Hall International, 1995.
- Summary:
- The Chinaberry Tree (1931), Fauset's third novel, is a tale of the lives and loves of two generations of African-American women. Its seemingly quiet small-town setting is the backdrop for such bold and explosive issues as adultery, incest, miscegenation, lust, envy, and deception. The story focuses on two women: Laurentine Strange, the beautiful daughter of a common-law interracial union, tormented by the idea that life has passed her by because of her "bad blood"; and her cousin Melissa Paul, a self-confident teenager to whom even darker secrets are revealed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 081611627X
- OCLC:
- 31606861
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