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Hurst, the young methodist pastor, recounts his years in northern germany between 1866 and 1871 where he served as a theological tutor, and later director, in the methodist mission institute there. The book was made into a hollywood film in 1934 and 1959. Imitation of life by hurst, fannie and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Fannie hurst project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Imitation of life struck a chord in the 1930s, and it continues to resonate powerfully today. Fellow writers rex beach and vachel lindsay also play important roles in ravitzs portrait of hurst, as does zora neale hurston, who awakened hursts interest in the harlem renaissance and in race relations, as shown in hursts novel imitation of life. Fannie hurst wikipedia, the free encyclopedia libran author wrote the book the movie imitation of life was based on. She was also the first black woman to ever sing on american radio. Feb 25, 2009 imitation of life the novel was published in 1933 and was a bestseller.
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Theorizes and examines the genre of white liberal race fiction from the 18th century to the present. Fannie hursts imitation of life traces the friendship developed between two single women one african american employee and one caucasian employer and chronicles the women raising their daughters and the complicated emotional relationships they have with them from childhood to adulthood. Imitation of life novel project gutenberg selfpublishing. The project gutenberg ebook of just around the corner, by. Imitation of life lana turner photo cover by fannie hurst and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Bea pullman, a white single mother, and her african american maid, delilah johnston, also a single mother, rear their daughters together and become business partners. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Stardust by hurst, fannie, 18891968 project gutenberg.
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