Chesnutt, Charles W.  1858-1932 <br/><br/>
The House Behind the Cedars 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_Behind_the_Cedars_(book)  Release date is 1996-03-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Charles Keller.  HTML version by Al Haines.  Produced by Charles Keller.  HTML version by Al Haines. 
<br/><br/> "The House Behind the Cedars" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a novel published in 1900. Set in the post-Civil War South, it follows Rena Walden, a young woman of mixed ancestry who leaves home to live as white alongside her brother. When she falls in love with a white aristocrat, the secret of her heritage threatens to destroy everything. The novel explores interracial relations and the complexities of racial identity in America's Reconstruction era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Didactic fiction Psychological fiction Domestic fiction African Americans -- Fiction Southern States -- Fiction Passing (Identity) -- Fiction African American women -- Fiction Racism -- Fiction Racially mixed people -- Fiction 
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