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Clotel, or, The president's daughter / William Wells Brown ; edited with an introduction and notes by M. Giulia Fabi.

Title: Clotel, or, The president's daughter / William Wells Brown ; edited with an introduction and notes by M. Giulia Fabi.
Author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Publication: New York : Penguin Books, 2004.

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Fabi, M. Giulia (Maria Giulia)

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xxxii, 285 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

"At a slave auction, a beautiful teenage girl, her sister, and her mother are sold as William Wells Brown's 1853 novel Clotel begins. In making his title character the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Brown takes advantage of a scandalous and - until recently - unconfirmed rumor. Clotel's new owner falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriage - then sells her. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, and 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."
"This edition includes the various endings Brown created for the different versions of Clotel; his narrative of his own "Life and Escape"; an introduction that discusses the author's pioneering portrayal of slave culture and the complexity of racial and gender boundaries; and explanatory notes."--Jacket.

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Penguin classics

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Penguin classics

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0142437727

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^^2003053661

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