num_pages: 336
description: Chesnutt writes of the black search for identity in the period between the Civil War and the turn of the century
language: English
title: The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
genres: Historical, American, Classics, African American, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, Race, African American Literature
ratings_count: 299
publisher: University of Michigan Press