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.
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Editions
37 editions · 2 languages
Paperback · English · 2014
Harper Perennial · 560 pages · 9780062357250
Audiobook · English · 2009
Caedmon · 9780060886394
Ebook · English · 2009
HarperCollins · 9780061935411
Hardcover · English · 2008
Native Son (Native Son the restored text established by the library of America, 1908/2008 Centennial edition)
Harper Perennial Modern Classics · 9780061366314
Hardcover · English · 2008
Chelsea House Publishers · 9780791096253
Paperback · English · 2008
Native Son (P.S.)
Harper Perennial Modern Classics · 544 pages · 9780061148507
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