Considérée comme une voix pionnière de la littérature afro-américaine, cette auteure a défié les contraintes sociales pour devenir l'une des premières femmes noires à publier un roman en Amérique du Nord. Son œuvre, redécouverte bien après sa sortie initiale, offre des aperçus profonds sur les vies et les luttes des individus marginalisés. Avec une sensibilité remarquable et une dextérité stylistique, elle explore les thèmes de l'identité, de l'exploitation et de la quête incessante de liberté au milieu d'une profonde injustice sociale. Son écriture constitue un puissant rappel de la résilience de l'esprit humain et du rôle vital de la narration dans la compréhension du passé et la construction de l'avenir.
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For the 150th anniversary of its first publication, a new edition of the pioneering African-American classic, reflecting groundbreaking discoveries about its author's life First published in 1859, Our Nig is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. In the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a New England family, Harriet E. Wilson tells a heartbreaking story about the resilience of the human spirit. This edition incorporates new research showing that Wilson was not only a pioneering African-American literary figure but also an entrepreneur in the black women's hair care market fifty years before Madame C. J. Walker's hair care empire made her the country's first woman millionaire. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.