{"product_id":"conjure-tales-and-stories-of-the-color-line-isbn-9780141185026","title":"Conjure Tales and Stories of the Color Line","description":"Unlike the popular \"Uncle Remus\" stories of Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Chesnutt's tales probe psychological depths in black people unheard of before in Southern regional writing. They also expose the anguish of mixed-race men and women and the consequences of racial hatred, mob violence, and moral compromise. This important collection contains all the stories in his two published volumes, \u003ci\u003eThe Conjure Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of His Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, along with two uncollected works: the tragic \"Dave's Neckliss\" and \"Baxter's Procustes\", Chesnutt's parting shot at prejudice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by William L. Andrews\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Goophered Grapevine\u003cbr\u003ePo' Sandy\u003cbr\u003eMars Jeems's Nightmare\u003cbr\u003eThe Conjurer's Revenge\u003cbr\u003eSis' Becky's Pickaninny\u003cbr\u003eThe Gray Wolf's Ha'nt\u003cbr\u003eHot-Foot Hannibal\u003cbr\u003eDave's Neckliss\u003cbr\u003eThe Wife of His Youth\u003cbr\u003eHer Virginia Mammy\u003cbr\u003eThe Sheriff's Children\u003cbr\u003eA Matter of Principle\u003cbr\u003eCicely's Dream\u003cbr\u003eThe Passing of Grandison\u003cbr\u003eUncle Wellington's Wives\u003cbr\u003eThe Bouquet\u003cbr\u003eThe Web of Circumstance\u003cbr\u003eBaxter's Procrustes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Tell a Free Story\u003c\/i\u003e and editor or coeditor of more than thirty books on African American literature.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302513660133,"sku":"NP9780141185026","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780141185026.jpg?v=1767724048","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/conjure-tales-and-stories-of-the-color-line-isbn-9780141185026","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}