Clotel

William Wells Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Preface-Chapter 3

Chapters 4-6

Chapters 7-9

Chapters 10-12

Chapters 13-15

Chapters 16-18

Chapters 19- 21

Chapters 22-25

Chapters 26-29

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How is Clotel depicted as an ideal woman? How does her being an ideal woman affect readers’ ability to identify with her, and how does readers’ ability to identify with her increase the effectiveness of the story?

How does Brown define true Christianity? How is Christianity manipulated, and for what purpose?

Clotel follows the story not only of Clotel herself but also of Currer, Althesa, and Mary. Why is the book called Clotel? Why does the book not end with Clotel’s death?