Plum Bun
A Novel Without a Moral
by Jessie Redmon Fauset
ISBN: 0807009091
ISBN-13: 9780807009093
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This 1929 novel by a writer of the Harlem Renaissance is about a young black Philadelphia girl who discovers she can pass for white.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published date: 1990
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Pages: 379
Publisher's Notes
Written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance in 1929, Plum Bun tells the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl from Philadelphia who discovers she can 'pass' for white.
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Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1990. ISBN: 0807009091. Soft Cover. Good-. AFRO AMERICANS FICTION. ( more information) Offered by HoneyBee's Books (United States)
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Plum Bun - Black Women Writer Series
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Beacon Press, 1990. Paperback. Very Good Condition. Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of its most prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl from Philadelphia who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What she soon discovers is that being a woman has its own burdens that don't fade with the color of one's skin, and that love and marriage might not offer her salvation. This novel was Fauset's call to the community to open itself to discussion and criticism and to aggressive intellectual pursuit of knowledge and experience. That call is just as necessary today. Plum Bun is a fine example of the hidden Harlem Renaissance&mdashwhere the women were writers too. Marie Elsie St. Leger, Emerge A fascinating glimpse of a now-vanished Harlem culture.Rosalind Warren, New Directions for Women ( more information) Offered by 3rdHouseBooks (Australia)
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Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1990. 379pp. Light wear.. Paperback. VG+. ( more information) Offered by Priceless Books (United States)
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Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press. 1990. Trade Paperback. Fine. ( more information) Offered by The Whodunit Company (United States)
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Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1990. Very light scuffing and edge wear, otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". ( more information) Offered by Wendys Books (United States)
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Plum Bun: A Novel without a Moral
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1990. (4th printing). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, clean & square. Small corner bump, slight age soil and foxing of edges. Some sticker remnants. "Black Woman Writers" Series. Originally published in 1929. "keen-eyed appraisal of cultural, racial and sexual politics in 1920s New York extends and complicates our understanding of the Harlem Renaissance" ISBN: 0807009091. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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PLUM BUN. A novel without a moral
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Boston, Beacon Press [1990] . Reprint; original publication was 1928. Introduction by Deborah E. McDowell. Softcover, near new (cover corner crease). ISBN 0807009091 . ISBN: 0807009091. ( more information) Offered by BUCKS COUNTY BOOKSHOP (United States)
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Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1990. New softcover with color illustrated cover. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. An appraisal of cultural , racial and sexual politics in 1920's New York.. Soft Cover. New. ( more information) Offered by Book Lovers Warehouse (United States)
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