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Charles W. Chesnutt

Born

in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

June 20, 1858

Died

November 15, 1932

Genre

Fiction, Short Stories, Politics

Influences

Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, William Dean Howells, Ovid ...more

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an author, essayist and political activist, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity.

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Charles W. Chesnutt’s books

Average rating: 3.89 · 10,841 ratings · 1,066 reviews · 156 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Marrow of Tradition 3.92 avg rating — 3,513 ratings — published 1901 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House Behind the Cedars 3.79 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 1900 — 234 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt, Richard H. Brodhead (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 1899 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife of His Youth 3.80 avg rating — 460 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conjure Woman 3.74 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 1899 — 283 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1899 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Goophered Grapevine 3.18 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1887 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conjure Tales and Stories of the Color Line by Charles W. Chesnutt, William L. Andrews (Introduction) 3.76 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passing of Grandison 3.93 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1899 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories by Charles W. Chesnutt, Joan R. Sherman (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Charles W. Chesnutt (?)

“As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.”
― Charles W. Chesnutt

tags: change, character, human-nature, humanity

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“The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.”
― Charles W. Chesnutt

tags: divinity, humanity

13 likes

“There’s time enough, but none to spare.”
― Charles Chesnutt

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Polls

June 2025 Old School Classics Poll

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, 122 pages, 1913

58 votes, 31.9%

The Devil's Pool by George Sand, 108 pages, 1846

31 votes, 17.0%

The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson, 242 pages, 1883

29 votes, 15.9%

The History of Mr. Polly by H.G. Wells, 227 pages, 1910

19 votes, 10.4%

Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy, 571 pages, 1871

17 votes, 9.3%

The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt, 224 pages, 1900

15 votes, 8.2%

The Witness for the Defense by A.E.W. Mason, 236 pages, 1914

13 votes, 7.1%

182 total votes

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