Conjure Tales and Stories of the Color Line

Unlike the popular "Uncle Remus" stories of Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Chesnutt's tales probe psychological depths in black people unheard of before in Southern regional writing. They also expose the anguish of mixed-race men and women and the consequences of racial hatred, mob violence, and moral compromise. This important collection contains all the stories in his two published volumes, The Conjure Woman and The Wife of His Youth, along with two uncollected works: the tragic "Dave's Neckliss" and "Baxter's Procustes", Chesnutt's parting shot at prejudice.

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Author: Charles Chesnutt
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 06/01/2000
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.03w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9780141185026
ISBN10: 0141185023
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | African American & Black | General

About the Author
William L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of To Tell a Free Story and editor or coeditor of more than thirty books on African American literature.