A Summer Tragedy

Arna Bontemps

27 pages 54-minute read

Arna Bontemps

A Summer Tragedy

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

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The summer heat weighs heavy on the rural South as an elderly sharecropping couple prepares for a mysterious journey. Test your understanding of Arna Bontemps's powerful exploration of poverty, dignity, and desperation in the 1930s.

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