A Reader's Guide to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall ApartChinua 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 |
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