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The Wife of His Youth

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  • Source Text: Anonymous, "The Wife of His Youth," The Indianapolis Journal 50 (January 15, 1900): 5.

The Wife of His Youth

This is the title given to a volume containing nine short stories by Chas. W. Chesnutt, a negro writer. The title story is founded on the experiences of a colored couple who married young, and were separated by the chances of slavery and war. The husband, a bright and honorable man, loses trace of his wife, comes North, prospers and makes friends who suppose him to be a single man. Finally, after twenty–five years, his faithful wife finds him, and he, as faithful to her, publicly acknowledges her. It is a simple story, but well told. The other stories deal mainly with Southern life and character, and, without being particularly strong, are readable. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

  • Cite (Chicago style): Anonymous, "The Wife of His Youth," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed April 20, 2024. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.rev00230.
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