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Hagar's Daughter

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859 – August 13, 1930) was a prominent African-American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic nove..

Imperium in Imperio - A Study of the Negro Race Problem

Sutton E. Griggs

History of the American Negro in the Great World War; his splendid record in the battle zones of Europe, including a resume of his past services to his country in the wars of the revolution, of 1812, ..

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..

The Garies and Their Friends

Frank J. Webb

The novel The Garies and their Friends is a realistic examination of the complex psychology of blacks who try to assimilate through miscegenation and crossing the color barrier by “passing as white.” ..

The Quest of the Silver Fleece

W.E.B. Du Bois

"The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel" by W.E.B. Du Bois is a novel that examines American's prejudices during the 20th Century. Zora is a child of the Southern swamp and she falls in love with an ..

Under the Greenwood Tree

Thomas Hardy

Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1872. It was Hardy's second published novel, the last to be printed without his name..

Endymion

Benjamin D'israeli

Endymion is a novel published in 1880 by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, the former Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was paid £10,000 for it. It was the last novel Di..