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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel The Underground Railroad combines elements of historical fiction and magic realism to tell the story of Cora, a girl enslaved on a Georgia plantation who runs away in search of freedom.
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- Tennessee, Parts 1 & 2
A summary of Tennessee, Parts 1 & 2 in Colson Whitehead's...
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The underground railroad, in this novel, is an actual...
- The Underground Railroad: Themes
A summary of Themes in Colson Whitehead's The Underground...
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The underground railroad, in this novel, is an actual railroad with stations below farms and houses. The first train takes Cora and Caesar to South Carolina, where they are able to live more like free people.
Read a detailed summary and analysis of the first three sections of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead's novel about a young slave's escape attempt. Learn about the themes, motifs, symbols, and characters of this dystopian story.
LitCharts offers a comprehensive and interactive guide to Colson Whitehead's novel The Underground Railroad, a neo-slave narrative set in 1850 America. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
A comprehensive overview of the novel by Colson Whitehead, which follows the protagonist Cora's journey as a runaway slave. The summary covers the main events, themes, characters, and symbols of each chapter, from Cora's childhood on Randall plantation to her escape to the underground railroad.
A summary of Themes in Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.
A comprehensive guide to Colson Whitehead's historical fiction novel The Underground Railroad, which follows the escape of Cora, a slave in the antebellum South. The guide includes chapter summaries, analysis, themes, characters, and more.
