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Since its publication in 1940, Native Son has become a classic of African-American literature and one of the most important books of this century. A stark and troubling account of murder, guilt, and racial hatred, it was among the first works to sound the alarm for the impending social violence that would explode during the 1960s. Bigger Thomas, a 20-year-old black man, is uneducated, unsophisticated, and unemployed. When a wealthy family offers him a chauffeurs position, Bigger is torn between gratitude for the job and anger over his subservient status. On his first evening, the familys daughter orders Bigger to spend a drunken night on the town with her and a gentleman friend. But events spin out of control and, by morning, the young woman is dead. Divided into sections entitled Fear, Flight, and Fate, Native Son tells a story that is still repeated in court cases involving black men across the country.
 
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November 2008 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0791096254Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-7910-9625-4 / 978-0-7910-9625-3 (USA edition)
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May 2008 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 1435293401Title: Native Son (Perennial Classics)
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 1-4352-9340-1 / 978-1-4352-9340-3
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2007 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000L5Y1CCTitle: Native Son
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August 2005 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 1417686081Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 1-4176-8608-1 / 978-1-4176-8608-7 (USA edition)
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2004 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000TGN54ITitle: Native Son
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December 2003 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 1417664266Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 1-4176-6426-6 / 978-1-4176-6426-9 (USA edition)
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October 2003 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 0613998642Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-613-99864-2 / 978-0-613-99864-2 (USA edition)
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October 2003 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0756909074Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-7569-0907-4 / 978-0-7569-0907-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Perfection Learning
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June 2000 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0848825772Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-8488-2577-2 / 978-0-8488-2577-5 (USA edition)
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January 1998 : Leather Bound
Cover of ISBN: B000IXCSXGTitle: NATIVE SON
Author(s): Richard Wright
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December 1997 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 156849694XTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 1-56849-694-X / 9781568496948 (USA edition)
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January 1997 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0065023668Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-502366-8 / 978-0-06-502366-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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1995 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000FTLHBWTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
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September 1993 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0816157871Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-8161-5787-1 / 978-0-8161-5787-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: G K Hall & Co
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November 1989 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0517012278Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-517-01227-8 / 978-0-517-01227-7 (USA edition)
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January 1987 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 0808519808Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-8085-1980-8 / 978-0-8085-1980-5 (USA edition)
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1980 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000LQVZDYTitle: Native Son
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January 1979 : Hardback
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Author(s): Richard Wright
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July 1970 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0224618474Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-224-61847-4 / 978-0-224-61847-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
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November 1969 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0060147628Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-014762-8 / 978-0-06-014762-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction
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January 1968 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000PG9GE0Title: Native Son
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January 1966 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B002C5F21ITitle: NATIVE SON
Author(s): RICHARD WRIGHT
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January 1960 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001UIY8KETitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard WRIGHT
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January 1943 : Hardback
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Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Jan Forlag
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January 1942 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000UTM2YSTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Modern Library
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January 1941 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000VDYY6CTitle: Native Son: A Play
Author(s): Richard Wright, Paul Green
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
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January 1940 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001IN7Z7YTitle: NATIVE SON
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Paperback Editions

May 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0061148504Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-114850-4 / 978-0-06-114850-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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July 2005 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 006083756XTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-083756-X / 978-0-06-083756-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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October 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001JFKH3UTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Harpercollins
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September 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 006053348XTitle: Native Son (abridged)
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-053348-X / 978-0-06-053348-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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September 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099282933Title: Native Son (Vintage classics)
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-09-928293-3 / 978-0-09-928293-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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1999 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000ZB2DO0Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Pan
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July 1998 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060929804Title: Native Son Classic Ed
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-092980-4 / 978-0-06-092980-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial US
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1997 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000OEUCFKTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman
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September 1996 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0878910352Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright, Richard Bucci
ISBN: 0-87891-035-2 / 978-0-87891-035-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.
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January 1993 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060812494Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-081249-4 / 978-0-06-081249-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial US
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1991 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001AOZ2CGTitle: Native Son
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December 1990 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060809779Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-080977-9 / 978-0-06-080977-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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May 1990 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0330313126Title: Native Son (Picador Classics)
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-330-31312-6 / 978-0-330-31312-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Picador
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1989 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000VCE5KSTitle: NATIVE SON
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Publisher: Perennial
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January 1987 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002KB35KOTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
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December 1986 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060808551Title: Native Son
Author(s): Wright Richard
ISBN: 0-06-080855-1 / 978-0-06-080855-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Perennial (HarperCollins)
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April 1986 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0812021231Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-8120-2123-1 / 978-0-8120-2123-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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1978 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000I34KGETitle: Native Son.
Author(s): Richard. Wright
Publisher: A Perennial Classic.
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January 1974 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002CVJCQSTitle: Native Son
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December 1972 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0140034811Title: Native Son (Modern Classics)
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-14-003481-1 / 978-0-14-003481-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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January 1971 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0012HH9K4Title: NATIVE SON
Author(s): RICHARD WRIGHT
Publisher: Signet Classic
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1969 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000OEI9C8Title: Native Son.
Author(s): Richard. Wright
Publisher: HarperCollins
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January 1966 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B00194U9D4Title: NATIVE SON
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Perennial Library
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1964 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000ZU7LNOTitle: Native Son (Signet Books, T2598)
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: The New American Library
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1963 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000PC975CTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
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1961 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000N5Q90WTitle: Native Son
Author(s): RICHARD WRIGHT
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January 1950 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001VMYXPETitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: New American Library (NAL)/Signet
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1943 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000LACYE4Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Jan Forlag
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July 1942 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060830557Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-083055-7 / 978-0-06-083055-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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1940 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0018BM9CMTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Signet
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Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0451007948Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-451-00794-8 / 978-0-451-00794-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Signet
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Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0451025989Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-451-02598-9 / 978-0-451-02598-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Signet
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Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0451500814Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-451-50081-4 / 978-0-451-50081-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Signet Classics
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Audio Editions

May 2008 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 0061457833Title: Native Son CD
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-06-145783-3 / 978-0-06-145783-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Caedmon
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2002 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: B000H469GITitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
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April 1999 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 0788721127Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-7887-2112-7 / 978-0-7887-2112-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Recorded Books
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1998 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1402515588Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 1-4025-1558-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Recorded Books
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1993 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: B001EXQYU2Title: Native Son [Unabridged]
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
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October 1989 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 0898459168Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-89845-916-8 / 978-0-89845-916-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Audio
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June 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B002BY779UTitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
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August 2005 : Turtleback
Cover of ISBN: 0606345159Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-606-34515-9 / 978-0-606-34515-6 (USA edition)
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September 2001 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 0812416260Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-8124-1626-0 / 978-0-8124-1626-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound
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1998 : Pamphlet
Cover of ISBN: B000EXIO38Title: Native Son
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January 1993 : Turtleback
Cover of ISBN: 0606011285Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-606-01128-5 / 978-0-606-01128-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Demco Media
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January 1974 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B002D8VQY6Title: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: Perennial
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May 1971 : Unbound
Cover of ISBN: 082207141XTitle: Native Son
Author(s): M. L. a. Lola Amis, Richard Wright
ISBN: 0-8220-7141-X / 978-0-8220-7141-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Hungry Minds
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January 1941 : Pamphlet
Cover of ISBN: B000YDDYWETitle: Native Son
Author(s): Richard Wright
Publisher: ÒLifeÓ
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January 1940 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B002UBN9AATitle: Native Son
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