An edition of Native Son (1940)

Native Son

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An edition of Native Son (1940)

Native Son

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Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.


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African American men, African americans, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Bildungsromans, Blacks, classic literature, Communism, Crime, Crime fiction, Criminals, Death row inmates, Drama, fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Murder, Murderers, open_syllabus_project, psychological fiction, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Trials (Murder), African americans, fiction, Thomas, bigger (fictitious character), fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Illinois, fiction, Bigger Thomas (Fictitious character), African American men in literature, Trials (Murder) in literature, Murder in literature, American literature, History and criticism, Fiction, psychological, Crime, fiction, Criminals, fiction, Wright, richard, 1908-1960, Fiction, general, Literary collections, Thomas, bigger (fictitious character), Homicide, Men, African American, Classics, Literary, Characters, Bigger Thomas

People

Bigger Thomas, Vera Thomas, Mrs. Thomas, Henry Dalton, Gus, G.H., Jack Harding, Mary Dalton, Mrs. Dalton, Peggy, Jan Erlone, Bessie, Mr. Britten, Boris Max, Buddy Thomas, Buckley

Places

Chicago, Chicago (Ill.), ENGLAND, Illinois, Chicago's South Side, Washington Park

Times

1930s

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Cover of: Native Son
Native Son
January 2008, Chelsea House Publishers
Hardcover in English
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Native Son
2005, Turtleback Books
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Native Son: and How Bigger Was Born
1994, HarperPerennial
Paperback in English - 1st HarperPerennial edition (5)
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Native Son
1989, Perennial Library
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Perennial Library edition, reissued (1)
Cover of: Un enfant du pays
Un enfant du pays
January 14, 1988, Gallimard, Gallimard Education
Mass Market Paperback in French
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Native Son
1970?, Harper & Row
Mass Market Paperback in English - printing (27)
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Native son
1957-01-01, Harper
in English
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Native son
1950, Signet Books
in English
Cover of: Native Son (Modern Library, 221.1)
Native Son (Modern Library, 221.1)
1942-01-01, Modern Library
in English
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Native son
1940, Grosset & Dunlap, by arrangement with Harper & Brothers
in English
Cover of: Native Son
Native Son
1940, A Perennial Classic
in English

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OL26041337M
ISBN 13
9781417686087

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OL275128W

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BRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNG! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room.
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