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- catalog abstract ""At a slave auction, a beautiful teenage girl, her sister, and her mother are sold as William Wells Brown's 1853 novel Clotel begins. In making his title character the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Brown takes advantage of a scandalous and - until recently - unconfirmed rumor. Clotel's new owner falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriage - then sells her. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, and of the hypocrisies of a nation founded on democratic principles, Clotel is more than a sensationalist novel. It is a founding text of the African American novelistic tradition, a brilliantly composed and richly detailed exploration of human relations in a new world." "This edition includes the various endings Brown created for the different versions of Clotel; his narrative of his own "Life and Escape"; an introduction that discusses the author's pioneering portrayal of slave culture and the complexity of racial and gender boundaries; and explanatory notes."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Clotel".
- catalog alternative "President's daughter".
- catalog contributor b13087613.
- catalog contributor b13087614.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""At a slave auction, a beautiful teenage girl, her sister, and her mother are sold as William Wells Brown's 1853 novel Clotel begins. In making his title character the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Brown takes advantage of a scandalous and - until recently - unconfirmed rumor. Clotel's new owner falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriage - then sells her. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, and of the hypocrisies of a nation founded on democratic principles, Clotel is more than a sensationalist novel. It is a founding text of the African American novelistic tradition, a brilliantly composed and richly detailed exploration of human relations in a new world."".
- catalog description ""This edition includes the various endings Brown created for the different versions of Clotel; his narrative of his own "Life and Escape"; an introduction that discusses the author's pioneering portrayal of slave culture and the complexity of racial and gender boundaries; and explanatory notes."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xxxii, 285 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0142437727".
- catalog isPartOf "Penguin classics".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Penguin Books,".
- catalog subject "813/.4 22".
- catalog subject "African American families Fiction.".
- catalog subject "African American women Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Children of presidents Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Relations with women Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS1139.B9 C53 2004".
- catalog subject "Racially mixed people Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Women slaves Fiction.".
- catalog title "Clotel".
- catalog title "Clotel, or, The president's daughter / William Wells Brown ; edited with an introduction and notes by M. Giulia Fabi.".
- catalog title "President's daughter".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcgft".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcsh".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction.".
- catalog type "text".