Porgy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798880910076)

The novel tells the story of Porgy a crippled street beggar living in the black tenements of Charleston South Carolina in the 1920s. We follow him as he woos Bess and for one shining moment becomes all that he has ever imagined himself capable of being before losing everything. Gripping and sympathetic a glimpse into Charleston's past. Adapted in George Gershwin's masterpiece Porgy and Bess. With his white eyes wonderful poetic qualities in the inhabitants of Catfish Row that makes them come alive. -Langston HughesThe first major southern novel to portray blacks without condescension -James M. Hutchisson

Author: Dubose Heyward
ISBN-13: 9798880910076
Publisher: Start Publishing Pd
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2024
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d