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Quicksand

by Nella Larsen

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First published
1928
Pages
132
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  1. Chapter 1

    22:03

  2. Chapter 2

    12:43

  3. Chapter 3

    14:07

  4. Chapter 4

    10:35

  5. Chapter 5

    8:19

  6. Chapter 6

    13:30

  7. Chapter 7

    12:33

  8. Chapter 8

    9:15

  9. Chapter 9

    13:41

  10. Chapter 10

    9:50

  11. Chapter 11

    11:30

  12. Chapter 12

    9:40

  13. Chapter 13

    14:09

  14. Chapter 14

    19:32

  15. Chapter 15

    21:58

  16. Chapter 16

    8:44

  17. Chapter 17

    7:18

  18. Chapter 18

    15:12

  19. Chapter 19

    8:17

  20. Chapter 20

    12:52

  21. Chapter 21

    6:43

  22. Chapter 22

    10:50

  23. Chapter 23

    9:06

  24. Chapter 24

    14:11

  25. Chapter 25

    6:54

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Helga Crane cannot find a place where she belongs. The daughter of a Danish immigrant mother and a Black father, she moves restlessly from a stifling Southern school to Chicago, to the glitter of Harlem, and finally to Copenhagen, where her relatives display her as an exotic novelty. Everywhere she is admired, and everywhere she feels caged, unable to reconcile her hunger for beauty and freedom with the narrow roles a divided society will grant her. Larsen's 1928 debut is one of the sharpest novels of the Harlem Renaissance, tracing how race, class, and desire close in on a woman who wants only to feel fully herself. This free PDF and EPUB edition makes an overlooked classic available again.

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Nella Larsen

Nella Larsen (1891-1964) was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance and one of the first African-American women to win serious critical attention as a novelist. Trained as a nurse and librarian, she wrote only two novels, Quicksand and Passing, both probing race, class, and identity with rare candor.

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First published
1928
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
132
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Elizabeth Klett