A Reader's Guide to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

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Enslow Publishing, LLC, Jan 1, 2008 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 128 pages
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart stands as much a piece of cultural anthropology as it is a work of literature. It is a balanced, living portrait of a civilization and culture, a way of life, that existed for thousands of years before the coming of colonialism. The publication of Things Fall Apart was a multicultural milestone, it is one of the first African novels to be written in English, as well as one of the most powerful stories ever told.

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Contents

An African Novel
5
Plot
20
Narrative Style
31
Themes
43
Literary Devices
56
Major Characters
73
Minor Characters
85
Achebes Other Works
97
African WritersAfrican Writing
107
CHRONOLOGY
115
CHAPTER NOTES
118
GLOSSARY
123
MAJOR WORKS OF CHINUA ACHEBE
125
FURTHER READING AND INTERNET ADDRESSES
126
INDEX
127
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