Quicksand by LARSEN, Nella

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Quicksand is a 1928 novel by Nella Larsen, a writer of the Harlem Renaissance. It focuses on Helga Crane, a mixed-race woman who is a schoolteacher in the American south. As the novel opens, she suddenly decides to give up her teaching position and go north, back to her roots in Chicago. Helga's restless search for identity is semi-autobiographical, inspired by Larsen's own struggles to reconcile her mixed heritage with the racism of 1920s America. Although this novel was published after 1923, the copyright was never renewed and is therefore in the public domain. (Introduction by Elizabeth Klett)

  • 22 minutes 3 seconds
    Chapter 1
  • 19 minutes 32 seconds
    Chapter 14
  • 14 minutes 11 seconds
    Chapter 24
  • 9 minutes 6 seconds
    Chapter 23
  • 10 minutes 50 seconds
    Chapter 22
  • 6 minutes 43 seconds
    Chapter 21
  • 12 minutes 52 seconds
    Chapter 20
  • 8 minutes 17 seconds
    Chapter 19
  • 15 minutes 12 seconds
    Chapter 18
  • 7 minutes 18 seconds
    Chapter 17
  • 8 minutes 44 seconds
    Chapter 16
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