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Native Son

Audiobook

"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son." – Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.

Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.


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Publisher: Caedmon Edition: Unabridged
Awards:

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780060886394
  • File size: 512557 KB
  • Release date: April 28, 2009
  • Duration: 17:47:49

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780060886394
  • File size: 513011 KB
  • Release date: April 28, 2009
  • Duration: 17:47:49
  • Number of parts: 14

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OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:700
Text Difficulty:3

"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son." – Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.

Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Caedmon
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    Awards:

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780060886394
    File size: 512557 KB
    Release date: April 28, 2009
    Duration: 17:47:49

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780060886394
    File size: 513011 KB
    Release date: April 28, 2009
    Duration: 17:47:49
    Number of parts: 14

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 700
    Text Difficulty: 3
  • Reviews
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