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.

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On the Future of His People

  • Date:
    • January 20, 1900
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • The Saturday Evening Post

A Defamer of His Race

  • Date:
    • April 1901
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • Critic

Aunt Lucy's Search

  • Date:
    • April 16, 1887
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • Family Fiction

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

Resolutions

  • Date:
    • November 20, 1920
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • The Cleveland Gazette

The Shadow of My Past

  • Date:
    • September 24, 1893
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • periodical
  • Source:
    • The Philadelphia Inquirer

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