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Chinua Achebe

1930 - 2013

Africa's most famous and illustrious black novelist. Nigerian born writer of powerful fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and children's books

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  • Cover of: Things Fall Apart

    First published in 1958 92 editions in 9 languages — 23 previewable Cover of edition lemondeseffondre0000ache Cover of edition eenwereldvaltuit0000ache Cover of edition nlsiu.823.ach.38556 Cover of edition bwb_KS-153-550 Cover of edition thingsfallaparts0000chin Cover of edition thingsfallapartp0000unse Cover of edition thingsfallapart0000ache_k1k4 Cover of edition thingfallapart0000unse Cover of edition thingsfallapart00ache
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  • Cover of: No Longer at Ease

    First published in 1960 40 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition nolongeratease00ache Cover of edition nolongerateas00ache
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  • Cover of: A man of the people

    First published in 1966 35 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition manofpeople0000unse Cover of edition manofpeople00ache Cover of edition manofpeoplenovel00ache
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  • Cover of: Arrow of God.

    First published in 1964 25 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition arrowofgod00ache Cover of edition isbn_9780385014809 Cover of edition arrowofgod00acherich
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  • Cover of: Anthills of the savannah

    First published in 1987 20 editions in 3 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition termietenheuvels0000ache Cover of edition anthillsofsavann0000ache_d2w5 Cover of edition anthillsofsavann1988ache Cover of edition anthillsofsavann0000ache Cover of edition anthillsofsavann00chin Cover of edition anthillsofsavann00ache_0
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  • Cover of: Girls at war, and other stories.

    First published in 1972 14 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition girlsatwarothers0000ache Cover of edition girlsatwarothers0000ache_y3x5 Cover of edition faujilarhkiyanta00ache
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  • Cover of: Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing

    First published in 2006 12 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780205686117 Cover of edition literatureintrod0000kenn Cover of edition literatureintrod0000unse_k5i0
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  • Cover of: Fiction: A HarperCollins pocket anthology

    First published in 1993 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780823049660
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  • Cover of: The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays

    First published in 2009 9 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition educationofbriti00chin
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  • Cover of: Beware Soul Brother

    First published in 1971 9 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: How leopard got his claws

    First published in 1972 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Other voices, other vistas: short stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America

    First published in 1992 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition othervoicesother00vari Cover of edition othervoicesother0000unse_u1j9
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  • Cover of: There Was a Country: A Memoir

    First published in 2012 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition therewascountryp0000ache_d3x4
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  • Cover of: Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays

    First published in 1988 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition hopesimpediments00ache Cover of edition hopesimpediments0000ache
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  • Cover of: Literature: a portable anthology

    First published in 2004 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780312416546
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  • Cover of: Under African skies: modern African stories

    First published in 1997 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition underafricanskie00lars Cover of edition underafricanskie00char Cover of edition underafricanskie0000unse_q8f4
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  • Cover of: Illinois: Prentice Hall Literature

    First published in 2007 7 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_h7i9 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_o9h2 Cover of edition newjerseyprentic0000pren Cover of edition ohioprenticehall0000unse Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000staf_d0m6 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000feld
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  • Cover of: Literature: an introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing

    First published in 2010 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition literatureintrod0000unse_v1m2 Cover of edition literatureintrod0000unse_a3s1
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  • Cover of: Literature: The Human Experience, Reading and Writing

    First published in 2003 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition literaturehumane00bost
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  • Cover of: The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease

    First published in 1988 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short story, self-fulfilment, History, Literature, Classic Literature, Juvenile audience, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Union, civil war, hanging, Collections, Imagination, Short Stories, Louisiana Creoles, racism, Short stories, miscegenation, quadroons, short stories, Children's fiction
Places
Mallard residence, United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Nigeria, Louisiana, L’Abri, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Africa, Araby, North Richmond Street, Araby bazaar, Ireland, New York, Wall Street, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, Galway, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet
People
Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Peyton Farquhar, Armand Aubigny, Désirée, La Blanche, Sandrine, Madame Valmont, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Mangan's sister, Fortunato, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Bartleby
Time
19th century, Antebellum era, 1861-65, 1861-1865, 1600s, 20th century, Carnival, Civil War, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1960-, Civil War, 1967-1970, late 19th century, 1950's, 1984-1993, Siglo XX, TwentiethCentury

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Alternative names

  • Achebe, Chinua.
  • CHINUA ACHEBE
  • Chinua Achebe.
  • chinua achebe, Achebe Chinua
  • ACHEBE CHINUA
  • Achebe
  • C Achebe
  • Achebe Chinua
  • Chinwe Achebe

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March 11, 2024 Edited by Lisa merge authors
September 1, 2023 Edited by Lisa merge authors
June 14, 2023 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
April 23, 2023 Edited by Lisa merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import