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Charles Waddell Chesnutt

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Novelist, short story writer, essayist, activist

Born 1858
Died 1932

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  • Cover of: The marrow of tradition

    First published in 1901 17 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition marrowtradition00chesrich Cover of edition marrowoftraditio0000ches_x9j6 Cover of edition marrowoftraditio0000ches_g0u7 Cover of edition marrowoftraditio0000unse Cover of edition marrowoftraditio0000ches
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  • Cover of: The house behind the cedars.

    First published in 1900 15 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition housebehindcedars00chesrich Cover of edition housebehindcedar0000ches Cover of edition housebehindcedar00ches_1
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  • Cover of: The conjure woman

    First published in 1899 14 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition conjurewoman00unkngoog Cover of edition conjurewoman0000ches
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  • Cover of: The colonel's dream

    First published in 1905 12 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition colonelsdream00chesrich Cover of edition colonelsdream0000ches Cover of edition colonelsdreamnov00ches
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    First published in 1900 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Frederick Douglass

    First published in 1899 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2006 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Great American short stories

    First published in 2002 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2004 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Charles W. Chesnutt: essays and speeches

    First published in 1999 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The African-American novel in the age of reaction: three classics

    First published in 1992 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The wife of his youth, and other stories of the color line.

    First published in 1967 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Great American Short Stories

    First published in 2012 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition greatamericansho0000unse
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  • Cover of: Tradition

    First published in 1994 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1967 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Die Zauberfrau: Sklavenmärchen aus North Carolina

    First published in 1989 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A business career

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The northern stories of Charles W. Chesnutt

    First published in 2004 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tales of conjure and the color line: 10 stories

    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Novelist, short story writer, essayist, activist

Born 1858
Died 1932
Subjects
Fiction, African Americans, Racially mixed people, African americans, fiction, History, Race relations, Fiction, general, Racism, Social life and customs, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, short stories (single author), American Short stories, Social conditions, Southern states, fiction, African American authors, American literature, Classic Literature, Fiction, historical, general, North carolina, fiction, Riots, African American women, American Horror tales, American fiction, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, Children's fiction
Places
Southern States, United States, North Carolina, Alabama, Massachusetts, New England, New York, Owl Creek Bridge, Salem Village, Wall Street, Wilmington (N.C.), Northeastern States, Paris, USA, Wilmington, meeting house
People
Bartleby, Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), Cicero, Devil, Faith Brown, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), Ginger Nut, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, John Jacob Astor, Nippers, Peyton Farquhar, Turkey, C. Auguste Dupin, Elizabeth, Ethelred, Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895), Madeline Usher, Minister D—, Mr. Hooper, Mrs. Sommers, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Roderick Usher
Time
19th century, 1600s, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-65, 1865-1877, Alabama, Civil War, 1861-1865, Owl Creek Bridge, United States

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Alternative names

  • Charles W. Chesnutt
  • W. Charles Chesnutt
  • Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
  • Chesnutt· Charles Waddell·
  • Charles Waddell Chestnutt

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 27, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 27, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import