Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist whose fictional and factual accounts
of black heritage remain unparalleled. Her many books include Dust Tracks on a Road; Their Eyes Were Watching God;
Jonah's Gourd Vine; Moses, Man of the Mountain; Mules and Men; and Every Tongue Got to Confess.
Summary
One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937
classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt
wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic
dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through
three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston's masterwork
remains as relevant and affecting today as when it was first published -- perhaps the most widely read and highly
regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Their Eyes Were Watching God 1
Note on Publication History 229
