An edition of Native Son (1940)

Un enfant du pays

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An edition of Native Son (1940)

Un enfant du pays

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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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Gallimard, Gallimard Education
Language
French
Pages
566

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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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Cover of: Native Son
Native Son
2009, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Native Son
January 2008, Chelsea House Publishers
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Native Son
2000, Perennial Classics
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Native son
1998, Perennial Classics
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Native Son: and How Bigger Was Born
1994, HarperPerennial
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Native Son
1989, Harper & Row
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Native Son
1989, Perennial Library
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Un enfant du pays
January 14, 1988, Gallimard, Gallimard Education
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Native Son
1970?, Harper & Row
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Native Son
1940, Harper & Brothers
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Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
566
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.4 x 1.1 inches
Weight
9.9 ounces

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OL8838438M
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unenfantdupays0000rich
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2070378551
ISBN 13
9782070378555
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8100
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BRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNG! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room.
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