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The evening his master died he worked again well after he ended the day for the other adults, his own wife among them, and sent them back with hunger and tiredness to their cabins.
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One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known World is a daring and ambitious work by Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones.
The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order, and chaos ensues. Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all its moral complexities.
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- Title The Known World
- Author Edward P. Jones
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Amistad Press, US
- Date 2006-08-29
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780061159176 / 0061159174
- Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.29 x 5.56 x 1.26 in (21.06 x 14.12 x 3.20 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: South Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Virginia
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Virginia
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Entertainment Weekly, 09/04/2015, Page 45
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