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Books:

The Conjure Woman

The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

The Conjure Woman. London: Gay & Bird, 1899.

The Conjure Woman. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1899.

The Conjure Woman. Large-paper edition. Boston Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928.

The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line

The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass. Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans. Edited by Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe. Boston: Small Maynard, 1899.

Frederick Douglass. London: Kegan Paul, 1899.

Frederick Douglass. Boston: Small Maynard, 1904.

Frederick Douglass. Boston: Small Maynard, 1912.

The House Behind the Cedars

The House Behind the Cedars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900.

The House Behind the Cedars. Self-Culture Magazine 11–12 (August 1900–February 1901). [Serialized, starting with volume XI in August 1900 and ending with volume XII in February 1901.]

The House Behind the Cedars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902.

The House Behind the Cedars. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1902.

The House Behind the Cedars. Chicago Defender (October 29, 1921–March 4, 1922). [Serialized, starting on October 29, 1921, and ending on March 4, 1922.]

Micheaux, Oscar. Veiled Aristocrats. Micheaux Film Corporation, 1932. [Film adaptation of The House Behind the Cedars.]

The Marrow of Tradition

The Marrow of Tradition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901.

The Colonel's Dream

The Colonel's Dream. New York: Doubleday Page, 1905.

The Colonel's Dream. London: A. Constable, 1905.

Who and Why was Samuel Johnson

Who and Why was Samuel Johnson. Edited and with an introduction by Tibbetts A. Robert. Akron: Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 1991.

The Journals of Charles Chesnutt

The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited by Richard Brodhead. London: Duke University Press, 1993.

Mandy Oxendine: A Novel

Mandy Oxendine: A Novel. Edited by Charles Hackenberry. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. [An edition of a novel that was unpublished during Chesnutt's lifetime.]

"To Be an Author": Letters of Charles W. Chesnutt, 1889-1905

"To Be an Author": Letters of Charles W. Chesnutt, 1889-1905. Edited by Joseph R. McElrath, Jr. and Robert C. Leitz. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997.

Paul Marchand, F.M.C.

Paul Marchand, F.M.C.. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Wilson. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1998.

The Quarry

The Quarry. Edited by Dean McWilliams. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.

Charles W. Chesnutt: Essays and Speeches

Charles W. Chesnutt: Essays and Speeches. Edited by Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, III, and Jesse S. Crisler. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.

A Business Career

A Business Career. Edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan Van Schaik. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2009.

Evelyn's Husband

Evelyn's Husband. Edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan Van Schaik. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005.

Short Stories:

"Appreciation"

"Appreciation." Puck (April 20, 1887): 128.

"Aunt Lucy's Search"

"Aunt Lucy's Search." Family Fiction (April 16, 1887).

"Aunt Mimy's Son"

"Aunt Mimy's Son." Youth's Companion (March 1, 1900): 104-105.

"The Averted Strike"

"The Averted Strike." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Bad Night"

"A Bad Night." Atlanta Constitution (August 2, 1886): 5.

"Baxter's Procrustes"

"Baxter's Procrustes." Atlantic Monthly 93 (June 1904): 823-830.

"The Bouquet"

"The Bouquet." Atlantic Monthly 84 (November, 1899): 648-654.

"The Bouquet." In The Wife of His Youth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"The Bunch of Yellow Roses." The Living Age (April 7, 1900): 63-66.

"A Busy Day in a Lawyer's Office"

"A Busy Day in a Lawyer's Office." Tid-Bits (January 15, 1887).

"A Busy Day in a Lawyer's Office." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Cartwright's Mistake"

"Cartwright's Mistake." Cleveland News and Herald (September 19, 1888).

"Cartwright's Mistake." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Cause Célèbre"

"A Cause Célèbre." Puck (January 14, 1891): 354.

"A Cause Célèbre." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

Cicely's Dream

"Cicely's Dream." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, .

"Cicely's Dream." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. New York: Signet, 1992.

"Concerning Father"

"Concerning Father." Crisis XXXVII (May 1930): 153-155; 175.

"Concerning Father." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Conjurer's Revenge"

"The Conjurer's Revenge." Overland Monthly XIII (June 1889): 623-629.

"The Conjurer's Revenge." The Conjure Woman (1899): 103-131.

"The Conjurer's Revenge." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"The Conjurer's Revenge." The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales (1993): 70-81.

"Dave's Neckliss"

"Dave's Neckliss." Atlantic Monthly LXIV (October 1889): 500-508.

"Dave's Neckliss." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Dave's Neckliss." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"Dave's Neckliss." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"Dave's Neckliss." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"A Deep Sleeper"

"A Deep Sleeper." Two Tales 5, no. 53 (March 11, 1893): 1-8.

"A Deep Sleeper." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Deep Sleeper." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"The Doctor's Wife"

"The Doctor's Wife." Chicago Ledger (June 1, 1887).

"The Doctor's Wife." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Doll"

"The Doll." The Crisis (April 1912): 248-252.

"The Doll." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Doll." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"A Doubtful Success"

"A Doubtful Success." Cleveland News and Herald (February 17, 1888).

"The Dumb Witness"

"The Dumb Witness." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Dumb Witness." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"An Eloquent Appeal"

"An Eloquent Appeal." Puck (June 6, 1888): 246.

"An Eloquent Appeal." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Exception"

"The Exception." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Fall of Adam

"The Fall of Adam." Family Fiction (December 25, 1886).

"The Fall of Adam." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Fatal Restriction"

"A Fatal Restriction." Puck (May 1, 1889): 166.

"Frisk's First Rat"

"Frisk's First Rat." Educator (March 20, 1875).

"Frisk's First Rat." North Carolina Literary Review 8 (1999): 87.

"A Fool's Paradise"

"A Fool's Paradise." Family Fiction (November 24, 1888).

"A Fool's Paradise." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Goophered Grapevine"

"The Goophered Grapevine." Atlantic Monthly LX (August 1887): 254-260.

"The Goophered Grapevine." In The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"The Goophered Grapevine." In Famous American Stories: A Collection of short stories by Century American Authors. Edited by Karl-Heinz Wirzerger. Berlin: Seven Seas Publishing, 1963.

"The Goophered Grapevine." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"The Goophered Grapevine." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"The Goophered Grapevine." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"A Grass Widow"

"A Grass Widow." Family Fiction (May 14, 1887).

"A Grass Widow." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Gratitude"

"Gratitude." Puck (December 26, 1888): 300.

"Gratitude." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Gray Wolf's Ha'nt"

"The Gray Wolf's Ha'nt." In The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"The Gray Wolf's Ha'nt." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"The Gray Wolf's Ha'nt." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"Her Virginia Mammy"

"Her Virginia Mammy." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899 1899.

"Her Virginia Mammy." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"Hot-Foot Hannibal"

"Hot-Foot Hannibal." Atlantic Monthly LXXXIII (January 1899): 49-56.

"Hot-Foot Hannibal." In The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"Hot-Foot Hannibal." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"Hot-Foot Hannibal." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"How a Good Man Went Wrong"

"How a Good Man Went Wrong." Puck (November 28, 1888): 214.

"How a Good Man Went Wrong." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"How Dasdy Came Through"

"How Dasdy Came Through." Family Fiction (February 12, 1887).

"How Dasdy Came Through." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"How He Met Her"

"How He Met Her." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Jim's Romance"

"Jim's Romance." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Kiss"

"The Kiss." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Limb of Satan"

"A Limb of Satan." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Lonesome Ben"

"Lonesome Ben." Southern Workman XXIX (March, 1900): 137-145.

"Lonesome Ben." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Lonesome Ben." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"McDugald's Mule"

"McDugald's Mule." Family Fiction (January 15, 1887).

"McDugald's Mule." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The March of Progress"

"The March of Progress." Century LXI (January 1901): 422-428.

"The March of Progress." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Marked Tree"

"The Marked Tree." Crisis XXIX (December 1924).

"The Marked Tree." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Marked Tree." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"Mars Jeems's Nightmare"

"Mars Jeem's Nightmare." In The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"Mars Jeem's Nightmare." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"Mars Jeem's Nightmare." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"A Matter of Principle"

"A Matter of Principle." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"A Matter of Principle." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"A Matter of Principle." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"A Metropolitan Experience"

"A Metropolitan Experience." Chicago Ledger (June 15, 1887).

"A Metropolitan Experience." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Midnight Adventure"

"A Midnight Adventure." New Haven Register (December 6, 1887).

"A Midnight Adventure." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Miscarriage of Justice"

"A Miscarriage of Justice." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Mr. Taylor's Funeral

"Mr. Taylor's Funeral." Crisis IX (April 1915). [Serialized, starting April 1915 (pages 313-316) and ending May 1915 (pages 34-47).]

"Mr. Taylor's Funeral." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"An Original Sentiment"

"An Original Sentiment." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Origin of the Hatchet Story"

"The Origin of the Hatchet Story." Puck (April 24, 1889): 132.

"The Origin of the Hatchet Story." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Partners"

"The Partners." Southern Workman XXX (May 1901): 271-278.

"The Partners." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Passing of Grandison"

"The Passing of Grandison." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"The Passing of Grandison." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"The Passing of Grandison." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"Po' Sandy"

"Po' Sandy." Atlantic Monthly LXI (May 1888): 605-611.

"Po' Sandy." In The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"Po' Sandy." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"Po' Sandy." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"Po' Sandy." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"The Prophet Peter"

"The Prophet Peter." Hathaway-Brown Magazine (April 1, 1906): 51-66.

"The Prophet Peter." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Roman Antique"

"A Roman Antique." Puck (July 17, 1889): 351.

"A Roman Antique." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Secret Ally"

"A Secret Ally." New Haven Register (September 19, 1887).

"A Secret Ally." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Shadow of My Past"

"The Shadow of My Past." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"She Reminded Him"

"She Reminded Him." Puck (September 21, 1887): 58.

"She Reminded Him." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Sheriff's Children"

"The Sheriff's Children." New York Independent (November 7, 1889): 30-32.

"The Sheriff's Children." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"The Sheriff's Children." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"The Sheriff's Children." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"Sis' Becky's Pickaninny"

"Sis' Becky's Pickaninny"." In The Conjure Woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"Sis' Becky's Pickaninny." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"Sis' Becky's Pickaninny." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"Sis' Becky's Pickaninny." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"A Soulless Corporation"

"A Soulless Corporation." Tid-Bits (April 16, 1887).

"A Soulless Corporation." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Stryker's Waterloo"

"Stryker's Waterloo." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Sway-Backed House"

"The Sway-Backed House." Outlook LXVI (November 1900): 588-593.

"The Sway-Backed House." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Tight Boot"

"A Tight Boot." Cleveland News and Herald (January 30, 1886).

"A Tight Boot." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Tobe's Tribulations"

"Tobe's Tribulations." Southern Workman XXIX (November 1900): 656-664.

"Tobe's Tribulations." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Tobe's Tribulations." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.

"Tom's Warm Welcome"

"Tom's Warm Welcome." Family Fiction (November 27, 1886).

"Tom's Warm Welcome." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Two Wives"

"Two Wives." New Haven Evening Register (August 13, 1886): 3.

"Uncle Peter's House"

"Uncle Peter's House." Syndicated by S.S. McClure. Cleveland News and Herald (December 7 and 8, 1885): 8, 10.

"Uncle Peter's House." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Uncle Wellington's Wives"

"Uncle Wellington's Wives." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"Uncle Wellington's Wives." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"A Victim of Heredity; or, Why the Darkey Loves Chicken"

"A Victim of Heredity; or, Why the Darkey Loves Chicken." Self-Culture Magazine XI (July 1900): 404-409.

"A Victim of Heredity; or, Why the Darkey Loves Chicken." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"A Victim of Heredity; or, Why the Darkey Loves Chicken." In The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales. Edited and with an introduction by Richard H. Brodhead. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993 1993.

"A Virginia Chicken"

"A Virginia Chicken." Household Realm (August 1887).

"A Virginia Chicken." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"Walter Knox's Record"

"Walter Knox's Record." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Web of Circumstance"

"The Web of Circumstance." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"The Web of Circumstance." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"White Weeds"

"White Weeds." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

"The Wife of His Youth"

"The Wife of His Youth." Atlantic Monthly LXXXII (July 1898): 55-61.

"The Wife of His Youth." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899.

"L'Epouse de sa Jeunesse." ["The Wife of His Youth"]. Translated by Marie Louise Preis. Journal de Geneve (November 1910). [Serialized, starting November 4, 1910 and ending November 6, 1910.]

"The Wife of His Youth." In Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

"The Wife of His Youth." In Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.

"Wine and Water"

"Wine and Water." Family Fiction (April 23, 1887).

"Wine and Water." In The Short Fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited and with an introduction by Sylvia Lyons Render. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1974.

Poems:

"The Ballad of Fair Oscar"

"The Ballad of Fair Oscar." Tid-Bits (December 18, 1886).

"A Battle Hymn"

"A Battle Hymn." Social Circle Journal XVIII (October 1886): 1.

"A Father's Dream"

"A Father's Dream." Cleveland Voice (March 8, 1885): 2.

"The Garden"

"The Garden," December 1886. [This is an unpublished poem, found in the Charles Waddell Chesnutt Collection at Fisk University Library.]

"An Oasis"

"An Oasis." Tid-Bits [This poem is known only from a clipping in Chesnutt's scrapbooks, held in the Charles Waddell Chesnutt Collection at Fisk University Library. Further publication information is unknown.]

"A Summer Cloud"

"A Summer Cloud." Cleveland Voice (August 30, 1885): 2.

"To the Grand Army of the Republic"

"To the Grand Army of the Republic." Cleveland Leader (September 08, 1901): 12.

Essays and Articles:

"Advice to Young Men"

"Advice to Young Men." Social Circle Journal XXXVIII (November 1886): 1.

"Charles W. Chesnutt's Own View of His New Story, 'The Marrow of Tradition'"

"Charles W. Chesnutt's Own View of His New Story, 'The Marrow of Tradition'." Cleveland World (October 20, 1901): Magazine Section, 5.

"The Disfranchisement of the Negro." Booker T. Washington, et al.

""The Disfranchisement of the Negro"." In The Negro Problem: A Series of Articles by Representative American Negros of Today. New York: James Pott, 1903.

"The Free Colored People of North Carolina"

"The Free Colored People of North Carolina." Southern Workman XXXI (March 1902): 136-141.

"The Future American: A Complete Race Amalgamation Likely to Occur"

"The Future American: A Complete Race Amalgamation Likely to Occur." Boston Evening Transcript (September 1, 1900): 24.

"The Future American: A Stream of Dark Blood in the Veins of Southern Whites"

"The Future American: A Stream of Dark Blood in the Veins of Southern Whites." Boston Evening Transcript (August 25, 1900): 15.

"The Future American: What the Race Is Likely to Become in the Process of Time"

"The Future American: What the Race Is Likely to Become in the Process of Time." Boston Evening Transcript (August 18, 1900): 20.

"Lincoln's Courtship"

"Lincoln's Courtship." Southwestern Christian Advocate (February 4, 1909): 8.

"Methods of Teaching"

"Methods of Teaching." In Minutes of the North Carolina State Teachers' Educational Association. Raleigh: Baptist Standard Print, 1883.

"The Mission of the Drama"

"The Mission of the Drama." Cygnet (January 1920): 11-12.

"A Multitude of Counselors"

"A Multitude of Counselors." New York Independent 43 (April 2, 1891): 4-5.

"The Negro in Cleveland"

"The Negro in Cleveland." Clevelander V (November 1930): 3-4, 24, 26-27.

"The Negro's Franchise"

"The Negro's Franchise." Boston Evening Transcript (May 11, 1901): 18.

"Obliterating the Color Line"

"Obliterating the Color Line." Cleveland World (October 23, 1901): 2. [Unsigned editorial attributed to Chesnutt.]

"Peonage, Or the New Slavery"

"Peonage, Or the New Slavery." Voice of the Negro 1 (September 1904): 394-397.

"Post-Bellum-Pre-Harlem"

"Post-Bellum-Pre-Harlem." Colophon II, no. 5 (1931): 20.

"Post-Bellum-Pre-Harlem." Crisis XL (June 1931): 18.

""Post-Bellum-Pre-Harlem." In Breaking into Print. Edited by Alder, Elmer. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1937.

"Race Ideals and Examples"

"Race Ideals and Examples." A.M.E. Review XXX, no. 2 (1913): 101-117.

"Race Prejudice: Its Causes and Its Cure"

"Race Prejudice: Its Cause and Its Cure." Alexander's Magazine I (July 15, 1905): 21-26. [Text of an address delivered before the Boston Historical and Literary Association, June 1905.]

"Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South"

"Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South." Modern Culture XIII (May 1901): 231-235.

"Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South." In Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1937.

"Things To Be Thankful For"

"Things To Be Thankful For." Social Circle Journal (1886).

"A Visit to Tuskegee"

"A Visit to Tuskegee." Cleveland Leader (March 31, 1901): 19.

"What Is a White Man?"

"What Is a White Man?." New York Independent (May 30, 1889): 5-6.

"The White and the Black"

"The White and the Black." Boston Evening Transcript (March 20, 1901): 13.

"Women's Rights"

"Women's Rights." Crisis X (August, 1915): 182-183.

Miscellaneous:

"Advocates New Social House"

"Advocates New Social House." Cleveland Journal (December 2, 1905): 1. [Reprint of a Chesnutt speech, "Does Central Avenue Need a Social Settlement House?" delivered before the Cleveland Negro Board of Trade, November 1905.]

"A Defamer of His Race"

"A Defamer of His Race." Critic 38, no. 4 (April 1901): 350-351. [A review of The American Negro by Thomas William Hannibal.]

"American Orators and Oratory"

Thomas Wentworth Higginson. American Orators and Oratory: Being a report of lectures delivered by Thomas Wentworth Higginson at Western Reserve University, under the auspices of the Western Reserve Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Cleveland: Imperial Press, 1901. [Reported by Charles W. Chesnutt]

"The Negro in Art"

"The Negro in Art." Crisis XXXIII (November 1926): 28-29. [Remarks contributed to a symposium.]

"The Negro in the South"

"The Negro in the South." Boston Evening Transcript (September 20, 1899): 16. [Correspondent's summary of a Chesnutt lecture delivered at the Greenacre summer school in Elliot, Maine, in August, 1899.]

"Negroes To Walk in Perry's Parade"

"Negroes To Walk in Perry's Parade." Cleveland Plain Dealer (September 8, 1913): 3. [News article containing a brief Chesnutt essay on the role of Afro-Americans in the War of 1812.]

"On the Future of His People"

"On the Future of His People." Saturday Evening Post (January 20, 1900): 646. [A review of Booker T. Washington's The Future of the American Negro, Boston: Small, Maynard. 1899.]

"A Plea for the American People"

"A Plea for the American People." Critic XXXVI (February 1900): 160-163. [A review of Booker T. Washington's The Future of the American Negro, Boston: Small, Maynard. 1899.]

"Pussy Meow: The Autobiography of a Cat, S. L. Patteson"

"Pussy Meow: The Autobiography of a Cat, S. L. Patteson." Modern Culture XIV (November 1901): 261. [A book review of Pussy Meow: The Autobiography of a Cat by S. Louise Patteson]