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Description edit
The Souls of Black Folk , by W. E. B. Du Bois, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- John: Add a description of this character.
- Booker T. Washington
- Josie
- Sam
- Oliver O. Howard
- Alexander Crummell
- Dougherty
- John Jones
- Hippomenes
- Pierce
- Atalanta
- Jennie
- Reuben
- Frederick Douglass
- Uncle Bird Dowell
- Nat Turner
- Beriah Green
- Sam Hose
- Jim
- Ben Butler
- Sherman
- Bishop Onderdonk
Setting & Locations edit
- Atlanta
- Georgia
- Black Belt
- America
- New England
- Albany
- New York
- Altamaha
- Virginia
- United States
- Nashville
- Africa
- Philadelphia
First Sentence edit
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 44 of 96 in Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Light in August, and followed by Wide Sargasso Sea.
This is book 31 of 39 in Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Books: The Board's List. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Making of the English Working Class, and followed by Principia Ethica.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0679725199
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0679725199
Page Count: 256
Classification edit
- Copyright Status: Public Domain
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 301.45196073
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans › History
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › African American › Dubois, W. E. B.
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Project Gutenberg: The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois: You can read the full text of this public domain work at the Project Gutenberg website, or download it for free in a variety of eBook formats.
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