“The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.”

About Charles W. Chesnutt

Author • American

Charles W. Chesnutt was a pioneering African-American author, essayist, and political activist, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War...