Jessie Redmon Fauset: 3 books
by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
This ironically titled tale by an influential figure in African-American literature explores the tragic effects of color prejudice and self-hatred. Jessie Redmon Fauset's 1933 novel paints a haunting portrait of internalized racism with its depiction of a domineering mother whose determination for...
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
A Library of America eBook Classic
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Library of America presents a classic novel of the Harlem Renaissance: Jesse Redmon Fauset's moving, delicately observed portrait of life along the color line.
Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Plum Bun (1928) brilliantly exemplifies the cultural, social, and creative ferment of the Harlem Renaissance....
The Chinaberry Tree
A Novel of American Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Adultery, incest, and questions of racial identity simmer beneath the tranquil surface of suburban life in this novel, set in a small New Jersey town of the early 1900s. Lovely young Laurentine is obsessed with her "bad blood," inherited from a common-law interracial union. Proud and independent,...