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Not terrible, for an anthology. It's nice it was broken up into periods so I didn't have to lug a 1400 page book to class, but the paper is of abysmal, tissue-like quality that makes margin notes a nightmare.
Like most of Wright's books (at least the one's I've read) there is a lot of anger. It really draws you in.
I read this book for a lit class in college. I really liked it at the time. It has a unique style that is lyrical at times.
Written in 1899, at the end of the heyday of the sentimental romance genre, this was--I feel--a subversive application of the style. Likely written for a white audience, the African-American authoress was determined to counter some of the more pernicious rumors about blacks, especially black women. ...