Passing vs The house behind the cedars: Which Should You Read?

Passing Nella Larsen · 1929 ★★★★☆ 4.0 182 pages · ≈ 3 h 22 m · Demanding

“It was the last letter in Irene Redfield's little pile of morning mail.”

First published to critical acclaim in 1929, Passing firmly established Nella Larsen's prominence among women writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Irene Redfield, the novel's protagonist, is a woman with an enviable…

The house behind the cedars Charles Waddell Chesnutt · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.8 194 pages · ≈ 3 h 36 m · Challenging

"The House Behind the Cedars tells of John and Lena Walden, mulatto siblings who pass for white in the postbellum American South. The drama that unfolds as they travel between black and white worlds constitutes a…