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224 pages • first pub 1900 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140186857
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 01 April 1993
Description
An early masterwork among American literary treatments of miscegenation, Chesnutt's story is of two young African Americans who decide to pass for white in order to claim their share of the American dream. For more than seventy years, Penguin has ...
Community Reviews Summary of 166 reviews
Moods
tense 50%
sad 42%
challenging 35%
dark 35%
reflective 35%
informative 21%
mysterious 21%
Pace
slow 28%
fast 7%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 61% | A mix: 38%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 41% | No: 8%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 33% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 92% | No: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 7%Average rating
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Racial slurs, Racism
224 pages • first pub 1900 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140186857
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 01 April 1993
Description
An early masterwork among American literary treatments of miscegenation, Chesnutt's story is of two young African Americans who decide to pass for white in order to claim their share of the American dream. For more than seventy years, Penguin has ...
Community Reviews Summary of 166 reviews
Moods
tense 50%
sad 42%
challenging 35%
dark 35%
reflective 35%
informative 21%
mysterious 21%
Pace
slow 28%
fast 7%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 61% | A mix: 38%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 41% | No: 8%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 33% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 92% | No: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, Racism