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By Charles W. Chesnutt
Introduction by William L. Andrews
Edited by William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates

By Charles W. Chesnutt
Introduction by William L. Andrews
Edited by William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates

By Charles W. Chesnutt
Introduction by William L. Andrews
Edited by William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates

By Charles W. Chesnutt
Introduction by William L. Andrews
Edited by William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates

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    About The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt

    A collection from one of our most influential African American writers

    An icon of nineteenth-century American fiction, Charles W. Chesnutt, an incisive storyteller of the aftermath of slavery in the South, is widely credited with almost single-handedly inaugurating the African American short story tradition and was the first African American novelist to achieve national critical acclaim. This major addition to Penguin Classics features an ideal sampling of his work: twelve short stories (including conjure tales and protest fiction), three essays, and the novel The Marrow of Tradition. Published here for the 150th anniversary of Chesnutt’s birth, The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt will bring to a new audience the genius of a man whose legacy underlies key trends in modern black fiction.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt

    A collection from one of our most influential African American writers

    An icon of nineteenth-century American fiction, Charles W. Chesnutt, an incisive storyteller of the aftermath of slavery in the South, is widely credited with almost single-handedly inaugurating the African American short story tradition and was the first African American novelist to achieve national critical acclaim. This major addition to Penguin Classics features an ideal sampling of his work: twelve short stories (including conjure tales and protest fiction), three essays, and the novel The Marrow of Tradition. Published here for the 150th anniversary of Chesnutt’s birth, The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt will bring to a new audience the genius of a man whose legacy underlies key trends in modern black fiction.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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    Also by Charles W. Chesnutt

    Conjure Tales and Stories of the Color Line
    The House Behind the Cedars
    The Marrow of Tradition
    See all books by Charles W. Chesnutt

    About Charles W. Chesnutt

    Charles W. Chestnutt (1858–1932) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where his family had moved from Fayettefille, North Carolina, to seek better economic opportunities. Shortly after the Civil War, they returned to Fayetteville, where Chesnutt spent most of his childhood and… More about Charles W. Chesnutt

    About Charles W. Chesnutt

    Charles W. Chestnutt (1858–1932) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where his family had moved from Fayettefille, North Carolina, to seek better economic opportunities. Shortly after the Civil War, they returned to Fayetteville, where Chesnutt spent most of his childhood and… More about Charles W. Chesnutt

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Collections | Fiction | Fiction Classics

    Paperback | $22.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    May 27, 2008 | 544 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143105343

    Category: Literary Collections | Fiction | Fiction Classics

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    May 27, 2008 | 544 Pages | ISBN 9781101097595

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    Table Of Contents

    The Portable Charles W. ChesnuttGeneral Introduction Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    Introduction William L. Andrews
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    A Note on the Texts

    The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt

    I. Short Stories

    The Goophered Grapevine
    Po’ Sandy
    Mars Jeems’s Nightmare
    Sis’ Becky’s Pickaninny
    The Wife of His Youth
    The Sheriff’s Children
    A Matter of Principle
    The Passing of Grandison
    Uncle Wellington’s Wives
    The Web of Circumstance
    Dave’s Neckliss
    Baxter’s Procrustes

    II. Novel

    The Marrow of Tradition

    III. Essays

    What Is a White Man?
    The Disfranchisement of the Negro
    Post-Bellum—Pre-Harlem

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