· Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), Title: The House Behind the Cedars Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Didactic fiction Subject: Psychological fiction Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: African Americans -- Fiction Subject: Southern States -- Fiction SubjectCited by: With the 22 THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS whole world before him, he had remained in the South, the land of his fathers, where, he conceived, he had and inalienable birthright. By some good chance he had escaped military service in the Confederate army, and in default of older and more experienced men had undertaken, during the rebellion, the management of a large estate, which had . The House Behind the Cedars is the story of a brother and sister, John and Rena, who share the misfortune of being one-eighth African American. Their mother is a "quadroon" who was kept by a wealthy white man, but when he died, his will was flawed, so she and the children got no money/5().
The House Behind The Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt. Searchable etext. Discuss with other readers. Read CHAPTER II - AN EVENING VISIT of The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt free of charge on ReadCentral. More than books to choose from. No need to sign-up or to download. The House behind the Cedars may be accepted as a plea, or as no more than a story, but in either case it is literarily excellent and interesting. It certainly deserves the thoughtful attention of the reading public. [The House behind the Cedars, by Charles W. Chesnutt. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston.].
The House Behind the Cedars is the first published novel by American author Charles W. Chesnutt. It was published in by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The story occurs in the southern American states of North and South Carolina a few years following the American Civil War. Rena Walden, a young woman of mixed white and black ancestry, leaves home to join her brother, who has migrated to a new city, where he lives as a white man. Charles Chesnutt was perhaps the most influential African-American fiction writer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The House Behind the Cedars, his dramatic masterpiece, was crafted during the tumultuous post-Civil War era in the South, when many in white society feared the "evils" of interracial relationships. Boldly, with vivid detail and memorable characters, this novel explores the practice of "passing," as John and Rena Walden, two light-skinned African. Overview. The House Behind the Cedars revolves around the fates of two siblings, John and Rena. As a girl, their mother, Molly Walden, is picked out by a wealthy white man in the town of Patesville on account of her unusual beauty (Molly is African American with light skin and stereotypically white features). This unnamed man takes Molly as his concubine, installs her in the titular house behind the cedars, and fathers John and Rena.
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