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| Author | Ernest J. Gaines |
| Narrator | Lionel Mark Smith, Roger Guenveur Smith |
| Runtime | 3h03m |
| Published | December 16, 1999 |
| Rating | 4.0 / 5 (2 ratings) |
| Categories | Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literary History & Criticism |
| Format | Audiobook (Digital) |
| Platform | Audible |
About This Audiobook
This Pulitzer Prize winning book follows the real-life story of the friendship formed between a disheartened schoolteacher and a Black man falsely accused of murder in Jim Crow era Louisiana. Based on Ernest J. Gaines' National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, A Lesson Before Dying is...
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