
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston (1937)
“A Black woman's quest for selfhood told in the most beautiful English prose of the 20th century — dismissed by critics, buried for decades, then resurrected to become essential.”
EraHarlem Renaissance
Pages219
Difficulty★★★☆☆ Challenging
AP Appearances9
Major Themes
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