Charles W. Chesnutt Books


The Conjure Woman

Charles W. Chesnutt

The Conjure Woman is a collection of short stories by African-American fiction writer, essayist, and activist Charles W. Chesnutt. First published in 1899, The Conjure Woman was Chesnutt's first great..

The Marrow of Tradition

Charles W. Chesnutt

The Marrow of Tradition is a historical novel by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt, set at the time and portraying a fictional account of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 in Wilmingto..

The House Behind the Cedars

Charles W. Chesnutt

The House Behind the Cedars is the first novel by American author Charles W. Chesnutt. It was published in 1900 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The story occurs in the southern American states of No..

Frederick Douglass

Charles W. Chesnutt

A concise and well-written biography of the great abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, written just four years after his death. With a chronology and bibliography...

The Colonel's Dream

Charles W. Chesnutt

The Colonel's Dream is a novel written by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt. Doubleday, Page, & Co. published the novel in 1905. The Colonel's Dream portrays the continuing oppressio..