Porgy

Porgy by DuBose Heyward with an afterword by James M. Hutchisson

This is the first major southern novel to portray African Americans outside the stereotypes.

This novel is the story of Porgy, a crippled street-beggar in the black tenement. Unwashed and unwanted, he lives just on the edge of subsistence and trusts his fate to the gods and chance. His one shining moment is his pursuit of Bess, whom he wins and then loses during one summer of passion and violence. The fictional characters of Por...