Hagar's Daughter
ISBN: 978-15-13-28013-4
Format: 12.7x20.3cm
Liczba stron: 224
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2021 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: dostępny
<p><I>Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice</I> (1901-1902) is a novel by African American author Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins. Originally published in <I>The Colored American Magazine</I>, America's first monthly periodical covering African American arts and culture, <I>Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice</I> is a groundbreaking novel. Addressing themes of race and slavery through the lens of romance, Hopkins' novel is thought to be the first detective novel written by an African American author.</p>
<p>Set just before the outbreak of the American Civil War, <I>Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice</I> takes place on the outskirts of Baltimore where, on neighboring estates, a man and woman fall in love. When Hagar Sargeant returns home after four years of study at a seminary in the North, she meets Ellis Enson, an older gentleman and self-made man who resides at the stately Enson Hall. After a brief courtship, the pair are engaged to be married. As the wedding approaches, Hagar's mother-who has controlled the family estate since her husband's death-dies unexpectedly, leaving Hagar the home and its accompanying grounds. Despite this tragic loss, Ellis and Hagar look forward to starting a family together-but when a man from the deep south arrives claiming the young woman was born a slave, their lives are changed forever. <I>Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice</I> is a thrilling work of romance and detective fiction from a true pioneer of American literature, a woman whose talent and principles afforded her the vision necessary for illuminating the injustices of life in a nation founded on slavery and genocide.</p>
<p>With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins' <I>Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice</I> is a classic work of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.</p>