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A powerful, provocative novel about identity, race, and the cost of passing in post-Civil War America.
In The House Behind the Cedars, pioneering African American author Charles W. Chesnutt delivers a bold and haunting story of two siblings navigating the fragile line between Black and white in the Reconstruction-era South. John and Rena Walden, light-skinned children of mixed race, choose to pass as white in hopes of claiming a future free from racial prejudice—a future they believe is promised by the American dream.
John, determined and ambitious, establishes a new life for himself as a white man, distancing himself from his Black heritage and the small Southern town of his birth. When he encourages his sister Rena to do the same, the emotional and moral complexities of their decision unfold. As Rena is drawn back into her past, she is forced to confront a society where the color line is not just a barrier—but a prison.
Originally published in 1900, The House Behind the Cedars is one of the earliest and most insightful novels to address passing, racial identity, and systemic inequality in American literature. Chesnutt's narrative is both lyrical and unflinching, offering a piercing critique of race, class, and the dangerous illusions of privilege.
Timeless and thought-provoking, this novel remains a seminal work of African American fiction, essential for readers interested in the legacy of slavery, the psychology of race, and the ongoing struggle for equity and self-definition.
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Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932) was an American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South. The legacy of slavery and interracial relations had resulted in many free people of color who had attained education before the war, as well as slaves and freedmen of mixed race. Two of his books were adapted as silent films in 1926 and 1927 by the director and producer Oscar Micheaux. Chesnutt also established what became a highly successful legal stenography business, which provided his main income.
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