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        Their Eyes Were Watching God


        setting

        Florida

        time

        1920s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1937

        page count

        219

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Janie Crawford

        Rip's impressions

        A bold, positive, and successful rendering of an African American woman. Heartfelt and likable, one immediately roots for her. A strong, humanly tender heroine, pitted against the rage and destructive nature of a hurricane––a tale of the human will to survive. One of the most deeply moving and important novels in American Literature.

        first line

        Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)