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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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Greenhaven Press
Language
English
Pages
186

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Subjects
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)
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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Native Son
2009, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Native Son
January 2008, Chelsea House Publishers
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Native Son
March 1, 2000, Greenhaven Press
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2000, Perennial Classics
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1998, Perennial Classics
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Native Son: and How Bigger Was Born
1994, HarperPerennial
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Native Son
1989, Harper & Row
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Native Son
1989, Perennial Library
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Un enfant du pays
January 14, 1988, Gallimard, Gallimard Education
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Native Son
1970?, Harper & Row
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1940, Harper & Brothers
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Literary Companion Series
hardcover edition

The Physical Object

Format
Board book
Number of pages
186
Dimensions
8.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Weight
12.3 ounces

ID Numbers

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OL7897523M
ISBN 10
0737703202
ISBN 13
9780737703207
Library Thing
8100
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635946

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