The House Behind the Cedars
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Table of contents
- Title Page2
- Bibliographical Note3
- Copyright Page4
- Table of Contents5
- I - A STRANGER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA6
- II - AN EVENING VISIT9
- III - THE OLD JUDGE13
- IV - DOWN THE RIVER14
- V - THE TOURNAMENT17
- VI - THE QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY20
- VII - ’MID NEW SURROUNDINGS21
- VIII - THE COURTSHIP22
- IX - DOUBTS AND FEARS25
- X - THE DREAM28
- XI - A LETTER AND A JOURNEY30
- XII - TRYON GOES TO PATESVILLE32
- XIII - AN INJUDICIOUS PAYMENT35
- XIV - A LOYAL FRIEND37
- XV - MINE OWN PEOPLE39
- XVI - THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT41
- XVII - TWO LETTERS43
- XVIII - UNDER THE OLD RÉGIME44
- XIX - GOD MADE US ALL49
- XX - DIGGING UP ROOTS52
- XXI - A GILDED OPPORTUNITY53
- XXII - IMPERATIVE BUSINESS56
- XXIII - THE GUEST OF HONOR57
- XXIV - SWING YOUR PARTNERS60
- XXV - BALANCE ALL62
- XXVI - THE SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE WOODS63
- XXVII - AN INTERESTING ACQUAINTANCE64
- XXVIII - THE LOST KNIFE65
- XXIX - PLATO EARNS HALF A DOLLAR67
- XXX - AN UNUSUAL HONOR70
- XXXI - IN DEEP WATERS72
- XXXII - THE POWER OF LOVE74
- XXXIII - A MULE AND A CART75
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 Americans, step over the color line to share in the American Dream. Conceived by a novelist who himself had once considered "passing," The House Behind the Cedars continues as one of the bravest, most compelling, and most important explorations of racism in American fiction.