Two light-skinned siblings pass' for white in this novel set in America's deep South. First published in 1900 when white America was incensed by the threat posed to 'Anglo-Saxon civilisation' by racial intermixing, it spins a story which shows what happens when a brother and sister 'tainted' by race decide to cross the colour-line to claim a share of the great American dream. It stands as one of the most important analyses of miscegenation in American fiction.'
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Two light-skinned siblings pass' for white in this novel set in America's deep South. First published in 1900 when white America was incensed by the threat posed to 'Anglo-Saxon civilisation' by racial intermixing, it spins a story which shows what happens when a brother and sister 'tainted' by race decide to cross the colour-line to claim a share of the great American dream. It stands as one of the most important analyses of miscegenation in American fiction.'