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Native Son

By Richard Wright

First published 1940

Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. ---------- Also contained in: [Early Works](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL506449W)

Published
1940
Pages
398
Elsewhere
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Vera Thomas · Mary Dalton · Gus · G.H · Jack Harding · Peggy · Jan Erlone · Bessie

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