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Title details for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines - Available

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

by Ernest J. Gaines
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“Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.”—Alice Walker, The New York Times Book Review

“In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines’s novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey, for the way his heroine’s travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn, for the clarity of [Pittman’s] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all.”—Newsweek

Miss Jane Pittman. She is one of the most unforgettable heroines in American fiction, a woman whose life has come to symbolize the struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice. Ernest J. Gaines’s now-classic novel—written as an autobiography—spans one hundred years of Miss Jane’s remarkable life, from her childhood as a slave on a Louisiana plantation to the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. It is a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope—as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all. 
 
A historical tour de force, a triumph of fiction, Miss Jane’s eloquent narrative brings to life an important story of race in America—and stands as a landmark work for our time.

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  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 24, 2012

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780307830258

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307830258
      • File size: 2576 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.6
    • Lexile® Measure: 710
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.6
  • Lexile® Measure:710
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3