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Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Brown, William Wells, asi 1814-1884 - Author
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ISBN 9990003840967, ISBN 9788728171752
Title statement Clotel; or, The President's Daughter Main entry-name Brown, William Wells, asi 1814-1884 (Author) Publication Saga Egmont 2023 Manufacture Saga Egmont Phys.des. 256 ISBN 9990003840967 9788728171752 Note K DISPOZICI POUZE V ELEKTRONICKÉ PODOBĚ Form, Genre E-knihy * Česká a světová literatura * Světová literatura * Historické romány Country Česko Document kind BOOKS First published in December 1853, Clotel was written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of his slaves. The story begins with the auction of his mistress, here called Currer, and their two daughters, Clotel and Althesa. The Virginian who buys Clotel falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriage—then sells her. Escaping from the slave dealer, Clotel returns to Virginia disguised as a white man in order to rescue her daughter, Mary, a slave in her father’s house. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, of the hypocrisies of a nation founded on democratic principles, Clotel is more than a sensationalist novel. It is a founding text of the African American novelistic tradition, a brilliantly composed and richly detailed exploration of human relations in a new world in which race is a cultural construct. Zdroj anotace: Web obalkyknih.czLoading…
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