Clotel, or, The president's daughter / William Wells Brown ; edited with an introduction and notes by M. Giulia Fabi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.

Contributor:

Fabi, M. Giulia (Maria Giulia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with women--Fiction.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

African American families--Fiction.

African American families.

Relations with women.

Children of presidents--Fiction.

Children of presidents.

African American women--Fiction.

African American women.

Multiracial people--Fiction.

Multiracial people.

Enslaved women--Fiction.

Enslaved women.

Genre:

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 285 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Clotel

President's daughter

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, [2004]

Summary:

"At a slave auction, a beautiful teenage girl, her sister, and her mother are sold as William Wells Brown's 1853 novel Clotel begins. In making his title character the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Brown takes advantage of a scandalous and - until recently - unconfirmed rumor. Clotel's new owner falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriage - then sells her. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, and of the hypocrisies of a nation founded on democratic principles, Clotel is more than a sensationalist novel. It is a founding text of the African American novelistic tradition, a brilliantly composed and richly detailed exploration of human relations in a new world."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-285).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

ISBN:

0142437727

9780142437728

OCLC:

52765888

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