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[Review of The Wife of His Youth]

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  • Source Text: Anonymous, "[Review of The Wife of His Youth]," The Kansas City Star 18 (August 13, 1898): 5.

"The Wife of His Youth," a short story in the July Atlantic was marked by a wholly fresh and original treatment of the life among the colored persons of education and social pretensions The satire in it was the very lightest poised always on the dividing line between seriousness and mockery. The author, Charles Waddell Chestnutt, is a name new to many readers. According to the current number of The Writer Mr Chestnutt is a young man of about 35, a lawyer of Cleveland, O. He was raised in North Carolina and taught school in that state It was there that he enjoyed the opportunity of studying the characteristics of the colored bretheren.

  • Cite (Chicago style): Anonymous, "[Review of The Wife of His Youth]," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed November 21, 2024. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.rev00216.
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