Plum Bun

A Novel without a Moral

Foreword by Morgan Jerkins
Afterword by Deborah McDowell
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On sale Feb 15, 2022 | 320 Pages | 9780807006610

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Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl 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.
Foreword by Morgan Jerkins

Home

Market

Plum Bun

Home Again

Market Is Done

Afterword by Deborah McDowell

Notes

Suggestions for Further Reading
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) was literary editor of Crisis from 1919 to 1926. She is the author of four novels, including The Chinaberry Tree.

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Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl 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.

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Foreword by Morgan Jerkins

Home

Market

Plum Bun

Home Again

Market Is Done

Afterword by Deborah McDowell

Notes

Suggestions for Further Reading

Author

Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) was literary editor of Crisis from 1919 to 1926. She is the author of four novels, including The Chinaberry Tree.

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