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The Known World
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 432 Ratings and 432 Reviews

Book Description
Set in Manchester County, Virginia, 20 years before the Civil War began, Edward P. Jones's debut novel, The Known World, is a masterpiece of overlapping plot lines, time shifts, and heartbreaking details of life under slavery. Caldonia Townsend is an educated black slaveowner, the widow of a well-loved young farmer named Henry, whose parents had bought their own freedom, and then freed their son, ... More
Book Information
PublisherAmistad Press
BindingHardcover (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages400
ISBN-10B001C2DEBW
Publication Date09/01/2003
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About Edward P. Jones (Author) : Edward P. Jones is credited in . A published credit of Edward P. Jones is Black Boy (P.S.).
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1/20/2015 Wayne Costigan said: A novel that took the author TEN years to complete - and won the Pulitzer Prize. What more can I add, other than it is so well written. Great use of the language. Awesome story plot that annoyed/shocked quite a few. The preternatural elements were both surprising and believable. I loved this book.
tags: I recommend, I read

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