# The House Behind the Cedars

By Charles W. Chesnutt.

"The House Behind the Cedars" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a novel published in 1900. Set in the post-Civil War South, it follows Rena Walden, a young woman of mixed ancestry who leaves home to live as white alongside her brother. When she falls in love with a white aristocrat, the secret of her heritage threatens to destroy everything. The novel explores interracial relations and the complexities of racial identity in America's Reconstruction era. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Didactic fiction; Psychological fiction; Domestic fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Southern States -- Fiction; Passing (Identity) -- Fiction; African American women -- Fiction; Racism -- Fiction; Racially mixed people -- Fiction

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- [House Behind the Cedars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/8444) by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (7 h 30 min, English)

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