Project Gutenberg 2010-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 93 Harris, Joel Chandler 1848 1908 Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Free Joe -- Little Compton -- Aunt Fountain's prisoner -- Trouble on Lost Mountain -- Azalia. Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches" by Joel Chandler Harris is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. This work illustrates various aspects of Southern life in Georgia, blending humor and pathos while focusing on the experiences of African Americans during and after slavery. The stories delve into themes of freedom, social dynamics, and human resilience, with the titular character Free Joe representing those struggles. The opening of "Free Joe" introduces us to the titular character, a free black man whose life is marked by the paradox of his liberty in a society that still perceives him with suspicion and disdain. Free Joe is depicted as a simple, kind-hearted individual who longs to see his wife, Lucinda, but faces constant prejudice from white citizens and disdain from enslaved individuals, both of whom view his freedom with skepticism. His journey reveals the complexities of being free yet marginalized, and as he attempts to visit Lucinda, he encounters a series of challenges that culminate in the harrowing separation from her when a cruel master relocates her. This poignant narrative sets the tone for the collection, highlighting both the humorous interactions and the deeper social issues of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31160/31160-h/images/cover.jpg en Georgia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 378816 378814 2024-10-13T09:23:57.572936 2023-09-13T13:19:17.958493 text/html text/html 382764 2010-02-02T09:15:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 282703 2010-02-02T09:15:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 299311 2024-10-13T09:24:02.795917 application/epub+zip 301416 2024-10-13T09:23:58.418914 application/epub+zip 209895 2024-10-13T09:23:58.006919 application/epub+zip 412334 2024-10-13T09:24:06.353868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379356 2024-10-13T09:24:02.332888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288130 2022-09-14T10:32:22.644404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345857 345630 2024-10-13T09:23:56.769071 2023-09-13T13:19:17.279505 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 345741 2010-02-02T09:15:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133218 2010-02-02T09:15:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 345730 2010-02-02T09:15:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133200 2010-02-02T09:15:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21862 2024-10-13T09:24:06.503849 application/rdf+xml 28431 2024-10-13T09:23:58.089894 image/jpeg 3882 2024-10-13T09:23:58.048898 image/jpeg 281726 2024-10-13T09:23:57.609946 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia