Passing

Nella Larsen (1891 - 1964)

Nella Larsen, a novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, wrote two brilliant novels that interrogated issues of gender and race. In Passing, her second novel published in 1929, she examines the troubled friendship between two mixed-race women who can pass as white. One, Irene Redfield, marries a black man and lives in Harlem, while the other, Clare Kendry, marries a bigoted white man. Clare re-enters Irene's life after an absence of many years, and stirs up painful questions about identity. (Introduction by Elizabeth Klett)

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, General Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Part 1, Chapter 1 Elizabeth Klett
00:07:24
Play 02 Part 1, Chapter 2 Elizabeth Klett
00:41:08
Play 03 Part 1, Chapter 3 Elizabeth Klett
00:28:56
Play 04 Part 1, Chapter 4 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 05 Part 2, Chapter 1 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 06 Part 2, Chapter 2 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 07 Part 2, Chapter 3 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 08 Part 2, Chapter 4 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 09 Part 3, Chapter 1 Elizabeth Klett
00:24:20
Play 10 Part 3, Chapter 2 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 11 Part 3, Chapter 3 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 12 Part 3, Chapter 4 Elizabeth Klett
00:27:37