“The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals […]
American literature
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a […]
American literature
Beloved
“Sixty Million and more.” — Toni Morrison, Beloved Part One Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman, lives with her daughter Denver in a haunted house at 124 Bluestone Road […]
English literature
The Long Song
“You do not know me yet. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a narrative to give the […]