Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different....

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Clare Kendry has severed all ties to her past. Elegant, fair-skinned and ambitious, she is married to a white man who is unaware of her African-American heritage. When she renews her acquaintance with her childhood friend Irene, who has...

This volume brings together the complete fiction of the author of Passing and Quicksand, one of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout her short but brilliant literary career, Nella Larsen wrote piercing dramas...

Nella Larsen's first novel tells the story of Helga Crane, a fictional character loosely based on Larsen's own early life. Crane is the lovely and refined daughter of a Danish mother and a West Indian black father who abandons Helga and...

Nella Larsen's distinctive and revealing novel about racial identity set in New York in 1929.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers....

A classic of women's literature in a new, elegant edition. von Larsen, Nella

Reflecting her own life in 1920s Harlem, Nella Larsen's powerful and captivating novel explores issues of racial identity, female friendship and belonging. Irene Redfield, married to a successful physician, enjoys a comfortable life in...

Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in society, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence -- until a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been "passing for white." von Larsen, Nella

Passing is a remarkably candid exploration of shifting racial and sexual boundaries.Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has...

Passing von Larsen, Nella

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of...