Evelyn's Husband

by Charles W. Chesnutt

Book Overview

The critique of white male society that Charles W. Chesnutt launched in A Marrow of Tradition continues in Evelyn's Husband, one of six manuscripts left unpublished when this highly regarded African American innovator died.

Set in Boston society, on a deserted Caribbean island, and in Brazil, Evelyn's Husbandis the story of two men--one old, one young--in love with the same young woman. Late in his career Chesnutt embarked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160473258X
• ISBN13: 9781604732580
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"