The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line...
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell![The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/134/13473132/CHSBZCOP0313473132.jpg)
This early work by Charles W. Chesnutt was originally published in 1899. Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born to freed African-American parents in Cleveland, Ohio, USA in 1858. After having published numerous short stories in journals and magazines, he finally produced a collection, The Conjure Woman, in 1899. It was well received and subsequently set the tone for a glittering literary career. The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color ...