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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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by Zora Neale Hurston


About this book

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best-known work by African American writer Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston wrote the novel in a reported seven weeks while visited Haiti. Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel garnered attention and controversy at the time of its publication but fell out of print for a number of years. Its popularity was resurrected in the 1970s by an article in Ms. Magazine by Alice Walker "Looking for Zora." Their Eyes Were Watching God has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African American literature and women's literature. Time included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937 by J.B. Lippincott Company, in Philadelphia. 

Details

  • Title Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Author Zora Neale Hurston
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 194
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher General Press
  • ISBN 9789389440577 / 9389440572
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.56 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.42 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.52