The House Behind the Cedars

The House Behind the CedarsThe House Behind the Cedars (1900) is African American writer Charles Chesnutts debut novel. Inspired by his own experience as a Black man capable of passing for whitewhich Chesnutt consciously chose not to doas well as by Walter Scotts Ivanhoe, The House Behind the Cedars explores themes of identity, race, and class in the post Civil War South. Controversial for its portrayal of interracial romance, Chesnutts novel was critically acclaimed in its

but has gained in standing among critics and general readers until it is now commonly considered one of the high points of 19th century fiction and even of English literature as a whole

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