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The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt
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really liked it
bookshelves: littry-fiction, my-summer-of-classix, sshh-family-secrets

power through...

i'm not sure how i feel including this in my "summer of missed classics" jag, because out of all of my goodreads.com friends, NO ONE has read it, so it's not really in the same league as Pride and Prejudice or Notes from Underground, where it was just me who had skipped 'em. still, it's a book i've always meant to read, but hadn't gotten around to until now. that being said—it should have been read by all of my goodreads.com friends, real or faking it. it is an amazing piece of writing that gives me everything that i like out of a novel: family secrets, missed opportunities, misunderstandings and tragically bad timing. so it's like my beloved hardy, but in the american south and a little darker, racially. its your summer, too—read it.

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July 14, 2009 – Shelved
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July 16, 2009 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine i always assumed it was a quiet classic.


Chris Loved the review enough to order this one from the library. Thanks for the review! :) Another one to be added to my TBR pile! LOL


Melissa Osborne I finished this book based on your review, i had put it down and decided against it, but im glad i came back to it in the end it was a good read.


karen glad you persevered!


message 5: by Peter (new) - rated it 4 stars

Peter It’s a better book than Nella Larsen’s “Passing”, which deals with the same themes.


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