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Read along cry, the beloved country book 1, chap12. Cry, the beloved country the trials of absalom and stephen. Created by the original team behind sparknotes, litcharts are the worlds best literature guides. American publisher bennett cerf remarked at that years meeting of the american booksellers association that there had been only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading cry, the beloved country, the ides of march, and the naked and the. Cry, the beloved country kindle edition by paton, alan.
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Alan paton introduces us first to literally the biggest character of the book. Cry, the beloved country, novel by alan paton, published in 1948. The first edition of the novel was published in 1948, and was written by alan paton. Patons main purpose in his book cry, the beloved country is to comment on the social standing of the black native africans and the resulting interface with the ruling minority whites. From the depths of despair, paton shows his readers a nugget of hope. After attending pietermaritzburg college and natal university, he taught school for three years in the rural village of ixopo, the setting for cry, the beloved country. Welcome to the litcharts study guide on alan paton s cry, the beloved country. A worldwide bestseller when it was first published in 1948, alan patons impassioned novel about a black mans country under white mans law is a work of searing beauty. Cry, the beloved country study guide from litcharts the.
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