The Short Fiction of Nella Larsen
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Before the two novels that made her name, Nella Larsen published a handful of short stories in magazines, several under the pen name Allen Semi. This collection gathers that early work, from the slight romantic sketches "The Wrong Man" and "Freedom" to "Sanctuary," a tense tale of loyalty and guilt on the Southern coast that drew a public charge of plagiarism and helped drive Larsen away from writing for good. Read together, the stories show a writer testing the themes of race, class, and moral pressure that would define Quicksand and Passing. They form a compact portrait of one of the Harlem Renaissance's most elusive talents.
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Book facts
- Author
- Nella Larsen
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 102
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online