The Known World
Novel by Edward P. Jones
Originally published: 2003
Author: Edward P. Jones
Characters: Augustus Townsend, Henry Townsend, William Robbins, and more
Cover artist: Cover design by Laura Blost, Cover photograph copyright Eudora Welty
Genre: Historical, Novel
Pages: 400 pp
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The Known World is a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones. Set in Virginia during the antebellum era, it examines the issues regarding the ownership of ...
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An ambitious, courageous, luminously written masterwork, The Known World seamlessly weaves the lives of the freed and the enslaved―and allows all of us a deeper ...
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One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known World is a daring and ambitious work by Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones. The Known World ...
Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most ...
The novel revolves around the life and death of Henry Townsend and the repercussions his actions have on the citizens of fictional Manchester County, Virginia.
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The Known World is a complex morality piece set in the Antebellum South in and around the mid 19th century. The story takes place in Manchester county, Virginia ...
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From National Book Award-nominated author Edward P. Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power Henry.
A black farmer, bootmaker and former slave becomes proprietor of his own plantation, as well as of his own slaves, in this ambitious, luminously written novel ...