Clotel, or the President's Daughter

Contributor(s): Brown, William Wells (Author), Cashin, Joan E (Author)

ISBN: 9781563248030

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$200.00

Pub Date: May 31, 1996

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 96000762

Lexile Code: 1180

Features: Bibliography

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.95" H x 9.26" L x 6.31" W ( 1.02 lbs) 208 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: American History Through Literature

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000050669 ( Clotel, or the President's Daughter)

Reading level: 9.80

Interest level: UG

Point value: 14.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Originally published in 1853, "Clotel" is one of the first novels by an African American. In it, Brown treats the themes of gender, race and slavery in distinctive ways, highlighting the mutability of identity, as well as the abrudities and cruelties of slavery.