Works

Here users can find the writings of Chesnutt across multiple genres: all works of fiction he published in his lifetime, including five books and dozens of short stories; a sampling of more than a dozen of his essays and speeches; a handful of Chesnutt-authored reviews; and two poems. For these works, we try whenever possible to provide both a transcription and digital images of the individual printed pages.

All Works

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The Wife of His Youth

  • Date:
    • July 1898
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • The Atlantic Monthly

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

  • Date:
    • 1899
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • book
  • Source:
    • Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company

Wine and Water

  • Date:
    • April 23, 1887
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • Family Fiction

The Wives

  • Date:
    • October 8, 1886
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • Boston Daily Globe

A Woman and a Burglar

  • Date:
    • January 12, 1887
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • The McHenry (IL) Plaindealer

Women's Rights

  • Date:
    • August 1915
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • The Crisis

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