Douglass' women

a novel

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Author

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Publication

2002 - Atria Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

89,500 words, Guess

Page Count

358 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivedouglasswomennov00rhod
Internet Archivedouglasswomennov0000rhod
ISBN-100743410092
ISBN-139780743410090
LibraryThing284395

and 4 more

Library of Congress Control Number2003268516
OCLC Control Number50654742
Better World Books9780743410090
Open LibraryOL3702000M

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3568.H63 D68 2002
LCCPS3568.H63D68 2002

Description

"Douglass' Women reimagines the lives of an American hero, Frederick Douglass, and two women - his wife and his mistress - who loved him and lived in his shadow. Anna Douglass, a free woman of color, was Douglass' wife of forty-four years, who bore him five children. Ottilie Assing, a German-Jewish intellectual, provided him the companionship of the mind that he needed. Hurt by Douglass' infidelity, Anna rejected his notion that only literacy freed the mind. For her, familial love rivaled intellectual pursuits. Ottilie was raised by parents who embraced the ideal of free love, but found herself entrapped in an unfulfilling love triangle with America's most famous self-taught slave for nearly three decades."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

I was born near Tuck's Creek in Carolina County, Maryland.

Subjects

Topics

Women Fiction African American menAssing, Ottilie -- FictionFiction, historical, generalDouglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- FictionDouglass, Anna Murray, d. 1882 -- Fiction

People

Ottilie AssingFrederick Douglass (1818-1895)Anna Murray Douglass (d. 1882)

Genres

Fiction

Other Editions

Douglass' women: a novelAtria Books2002-01-01

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