Porgy
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 23, 2021
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- Who it’s for
- A sympathetic novel of 1920s Charleston, alive to the hopes and losses of Catfish Row.
- Themes
- Courtship, Loss, Self-realization
- Genres
- Black Historical Fiction, The Classics, Historical Fiction
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The novel tells the story of Porgy, a crippled street beggar living in the black tenements of Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s. We follow him as he woos Bess and for one shining moment becomes all that he has ever imagined himself capable of being before losing everything. Gripping and sympathetic a glimpse into Charleston’s past. Adapted in George Gershwin's masterpiece Porgy and Bess.
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With his white eyes, wonderful, poetic qualities in the inhabitants of Catfish Row that makes them come alive. —Langston Hughes The first major southern novel to portray blacks without condescension —James M. Hutchisson
Charleston, Close Up
A sympathetic novel of 1920s Charleston, alive to the hopes and losses of Catfish Row.
Come here for
- A vivid literary glimpse into Charleston’s past
- The emotional pull of Porgy and Bess in its novel form
Expect
- A sustained story of courtship, aspiration, and loss
- Poetic attention to the inhabitants of Catfish Row
Where it sits
| Black Historical Fiction | 87% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 31% |
| Historical Fiction | 20% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black Historical Fiction
- Black Romance
- Black Urban Fiction
- Authors
- DuBose Heyward
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- March 23, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Courtship · Loss · Self-realization
- Reading lane
- Black Historical Fiction