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The Walls of Jericho

Rudolph Fisher

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 150 pages

The Walls of Jericho is a Harlem Renaissance novel by Rudolph Fisher. Set in 1920s Harlem, it portrays African American city life with wit and attention to class and color divisions. It is worth listening to for its lively dialogue and humane, satirical view of a community in change.

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Text source: standardebooks.org · The work is in the public domain.

Opening of the book

Joshua fit d’ battle ob Jericho
And d’ walls come tumblin’ down —

For Glendora —
May her laugh be silver,
like her hair

Jericho

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Contents

  1. Epigraph
  2. Dedication
  3. An Introduction to Contemporary Harlemese

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