The House Behind the Cedars

An early masterwork among American literary treatments of miscegenation Chesnutt&#146;s story is of two young African Americans who decide to pass for white in order to claim their share of the American dream.<br><br>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700&#160;titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the&#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date&#160;translations by award-winning translators.