{"product_id":"a-business-career-paperback-2","title":"A Business Career - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Waddell Chesnutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarjan Van Schaik\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Business Career by Charles W. Chesnutt, edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan A. van Schaik. Introduction by Matthew Wilson. Never before published, A Business Career is the story of Stella Merwin, a white woman entering the working-class world to discover the truth behind her upper-class father's financial failure. A \"New Woman\" of the 1890s, Stella joins a stenographer's office and uncovers a life-altering secret that allows her to regain her status and wealth. When Charles W. Chesnutt died in 1932, he left behind six manuscripts unpublished, A Business Career among them. Along with novels of Paul Laurence Dunbar, it is one of the first written by an African American who crosses the color line to write about the white world. It is also one of only two Chesnutt novels with a female protagonist. Rejecting the novel for publication, Houghton Mifflin editor Walter Hines Page encouraged Chesnutt to try to get the book in print. \"You will doubtless be able to find a publisher, and my advice to you is decidedly to keep trying till you do fine one,\" he wrote. Page clearly saw that in A Business Career Chesnutt had written a successful popular novel grounded in realism but one that exploits elements of romance. Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an innovative and influential African American writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His novels include The House Behind the Cedars, The Marrow of Tradition, The Colonel's Dream, as well as the posthumously published novel, Paul Marchand, F. M. C. from University Press of Mississippi. Matthew Wilson is a professor of humanities and writing at Penn State University, Harrisburg. Marjan A. van Schaik is an instructor at Millersville University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA renowned African American author's first novel with an entire cast of white characters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt \u003c\/b\u003e(1858-1932) was an innovative and influential African American writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His novels published during his lifetime include \u003ci\u003eThe House Behind the Cedars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow of Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Colonel's Dream.\u003c\/i\u003e His work also includes\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe posthumously published novels \u003ci\u003ePaul Marchand, F. M. C. \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEvelyn's Husband\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboth published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eMatthew Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of humanities and writing at Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg. \u003cb\u003eMarjan van Schaik\u003c\/b\u003e coedited (with Matthew Wilson) \u003ci\u003eEvelyn's Husband\u003c\/i\u003e and is a part-time instructor at Millersville University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875148181753,"sku":"9781604732573","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/krTxixwJXr9781604732573_e92fe1b4-3f27-4e1e-8d9a-a8a5ff782f39.webp?v=1787333179","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-business-career-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}