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Plum Bun: A Novel without a Moral

Jessie Redmon Fauset

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Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What she soon discovers is that being a woman has its own burdens that don't fade with the color of one's skin, and that love and marriage might not offer her salvation.

Language: English

Pages: 408

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1929

ISBN 13: 9780807009192

Plum Bun: A Novel without a Moral

Jessie Redmon Fauset

0/5 ( ratings)

Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What she soon discovers is that being a woman has its own burdens that don't fade with the color of one's skin, and that love and marriage might not offer her salvation.

Language: English

Pages: 408

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1929

ISBN 13: 9780807009192

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