Sappho Clark - beautiful, mysterious, Southern - arrives in Boston to earn her living as a stenographer. She lodges with the Smith family and immediately becomes a source of fascination to the them: Ma Smith is impressed by Sappho's financial independence; Dora Smith admires Sappho's quiet self-possession; and Will Smith, Dora's brother, falls madly in love with Sappho. But as Sappho enters the Smiths' community, it becomes clear that her beauty is a lure to bad actors, including someone who entertains dark suspicions about her past...
A murder mystery, the story of a friendship, and a romance set in Boston's thriving, politically active middle-class Black community, Contending Forces is an unjustly forgotten American classic.
By:
Pauline E. Hopkins Imprint: Union Square & Co. Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 137mm,
ISBN:9781454951544 ISBN 10: 1454951540 Series:Rediscovered Classics Pages: 272 Publication Date:21 March 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Pauline E. Hopkins (18591930) was a Black novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes. Hopkins grew up in Boston, Massachusetts.