{"product_id":"paul-marchand-f-m-c-paperback","title":"Paul Marchand F.M.C. - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Waddell Chesnutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before published, this novel written in the 1920s disputes prevailing attitudes on racial character and identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter living for many years in France, the wealthy and sophisticated Paul Marchand, a Free Man of Color, returns to his home in New Orleans. He discovers through a will that he is white and is now head of a prosperous and influential family. Since mixed-race marriages are illegal in Louisiana, he must renounce his mulatto wife and bastardize his children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt wrote this novel at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance but set it in the past, a time and place favored by George Washington Cable. Published now for the first time, \u003ci\u003ePaul Marchand, F. M. C.\u003c\/i\u003e examines the system of race and caste in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Chesnutt reacts against the traditional stance that fiction by leading American writers of the previous generation had taken on the issue of miscegenation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChesnutt resolves Marchand's dilemma with a surprising plo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before published, a 1920s novel that disputes prevailing attitudes on racial character and identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt \u003c\/b\u003e(1858-1932) was an innovative and influential African American writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His novels published during his lifetime include \u003ci\u003eThe House Behind the Cedars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow of Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Colonel's Dream.\u003c\/i\u003e His work also includes\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe posthumously published novels \u003ci\u003eA Business Career \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEvelyn's Husband\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboth published by University Press of Mississippi\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50402365112557,"sku":"9781578067985","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/paul-marchand-f-m-c-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}