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the biography of a young American : a play in ten scenes

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An edition of Native Son (1940)

Native son

the biography of a young American : a play in ten scenes

1st ed

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.9 (7 ratings) ·
  • 168 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 24 Have read

Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.


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English
Pages
148

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Subjects

African American men, African americans, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Bildungsromans, Blacks, classic literature, Communism, Crime, Crime fiction, Criminals, Death row inmates, Drama, fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Murder, Murderers, open_syllabus_project, psychological fiction, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Trials (Murder), African americans, fiction, Thomas, bigger (fictitious character), fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Illinois, fiction, Bigger Thomas (Fictitious character), African American men in literature, Trials (Murder) in literature, Murder in literature, American literature, History and criticism, Fiction, psychological, Crime, fiction, Criminals, fiction, Wright, richard, 1908-1960, Fiction, general, Literary collections, Thomas, bigger (fictitious character)

People

Bigger Thomas, Vera Thomas, Mrs. Thomas, Henry Dalton, Gus, G.H., Jack Harding, Mary Dalton, Mrs. Dalton, Peggy, Jan Erlone, Bessie, Mr. Britten, Boris Max, Buddy Thomas, Buckley

Places

Chicago, Chicago (Ill.), ENGLAND, Illinois, Chicago's South Side, Washington Park

Times

1930s

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Native Son
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Native Son
January 2008, Chelsea House Publishers
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Native Son
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Native Son: and How Bigger Was Born
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Native Son
1989, Harper & Row
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Un enfant du pays
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Native son: the biography of a young American : a play in ten scenes
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1940, Harper & Brothers
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Includes songs with music

"A Mercury production by Orson Welles, presented by Orson Welles and John Houseman."

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ix, 148 p. :
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148

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OL14515556M

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BRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNG! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room.
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