The Homesteader
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Oscar Micheaux
(4,667 Sterne; 9 Bewertungen)
The Homesteader is a semi-autobiographic novel about Jean Baptiste, an African-American homesteader in the Dakotas. He meets Agnes who he falls in love with, however as Agnes is presumed to be white, he is not allowed to marry her, so instead he marries the daughter of a black preacher, Orlean, which eventually, due to family issues, ends in a tragedy. Returning to his homestead, he finds Agnes again and discovers her upbringing and past, which brings the book to its conclusion. (Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson) (17 hr 12 min)
Chapters
Chapter X - Epoch the First - "You Have Never Been This Way Before"
9:30
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Chapter XI - Epoch the First - What Jean Baptiste Found in the Well
9:04
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Chapter V - Epoch the Second - A Proposal: A Proposition; A Certain Mrs. Pruitt…
9:29
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Chapter XII - Epoch the Second - Reverend McCarthy Decides to Set Baptiste Righ…
10:19
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Chapter V - Epoch the Fourth - "Tell Me Why You Didn't Answer the Last Letter …
13:50
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Chapter VII - Epoch the Fourth - Her Birthright "for a Mess of Pottage"
8:37
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Chapter XIV - Epoch the Fourth - The Trial—the Lie—"As Guilty As Hell!"
15:50
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Chapter XVIII - Epoch the Fourth - "Vengeance is Mine. I Will Repay"
19:31
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Bewertungen
Janis Burgess
(5 Sterne)
Lynda from BC is a bit loud and abrasive with her reading—should tone down