Paul Marchand, F. M. C.

Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

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ISBN 10: 1578060559 ISBN 13: 9781578060559

Published by University Press of Mississippi, 1998

Language: English

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Title

Paul Marchand, F. M. C.

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

1578060559

ISBN 13

9781578060559

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

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Charles Chesnutt wrote this novel at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. Never before published, the novel disputes prevailing attitudes of the time on racial character and identity. In a surprising plot reversal, Chesnutt deals with the subject of miscegenation, and his hero Paul Marchand is an admirable male with inner strength.

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Reminiscent of Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson, this tale of morality and choices was written in 1921 by respected black author Chesnutt but never published. It takes place in New Orleans in 1821, at a time when the antebellum South is in its full glory, complete with all of its charms and evils. Slavery is the backbone of its prosperity, and its inhabitants, both white and colored (e.g., those of mixed race, whose status was determined according to bloodline) enjoy freedom and great luxury. Paul Marchand, an educated and wealthy quadroon (one-quarter black) who has lived for many years in France, is suddenly declared the head of an old and powerful white family. This twist of fate presents him with a grave moral and personal dilemma: he can continue to live as a free man of color, or he can renounce everything that is familiar and dear to him and assume a new identity as a "respected" white man. Racism is the driving force of this tale?all are motivated by it, all react to it, and few challenge it. Ultimately, nothing changes. A brief, thought-provoking novel.?Janis Williams, Shaker Heights P.L., OH
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