The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt

An icon of late-nineteenth-century American fiction, Charles W. Chesnutt - an incisive storyteller of the aftermath of slavery in the South - is widely credited with almost single-handedly inaugurating the African American short story tradition and was the first African American novelist to achieve national critical acclaim. This major addition to the Penguin Classics series features an ideal sampling of his work: twelve short stories, including conjure tales and protest fiction, three essays, and the novel The Marrow of Tradition (1901) to create the perfect introduction to this quintessential American writer.