The House Behind the Cedars

About this film

LibriVox recording of The House Behind the Cedars by Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Read in English by James K. White In this, Chesnutt's first novel, he tells the tragic story of love set against a backdrop of racism, miscegenation and “passing” during the period spanning the antebellum and reconstruction eras in American history. And through his use of the vernacular prevalent in the South of that time, Chesnutt lent a compassionate voice to a group that America did not want to hear. More broadly, however, Chesnutt illustrated, in this character play, the vast and perhaps insurmountable debt this country continues to pay for the sins of slavery. (Summary by James K. White) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (204MB)

Directors & creators

Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;african-american; race; passing; reconstruction; miscegenation

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