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Of One Blood; or, The Hidden Self

von Pauline Hopkins

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Fiction. Horror. African American Fiction. Literature. HTML: "Mysticism, horror, and racial identity merge fluidly in this thrilling tale... The suspense is tangible and the final reveal will leave readers reeling"�??Publishers Weekly, STARRED review From groundbreaking Black author Pauline Hopkins comes an uncanny example of classic horror, exploring identity, race, and spirituality When medical student Reuel Briggs reluctantly attends a performance by the beautiful singer Dianthe Lusk, he can't help but fall for her. The very next day, their paths cross again when Dianthe's train crashes. To bring her back from the brink of death, Reuel draws on an eerie power he can't quite name. Soon, the two are engaged, and Reuel sets off on an archeological expedition to Africa to offset his debts before the wedding. But, in Ethiopia, unexpected danger and terror force him to confront the truth about his lineage, his power, and the disturbing history that lives in his very blood. First serialized in Colored American Magazine in 1902, this classic fiction exemplifies Pauline Hopkins's incisive writing and interrogates issues of race, blood, and history that remain urgent today. This edition of Hopkins's classic horror novel is presented by the Horror Writers Association and introduced by award-winning author Nisi Shawl. Includes notes, biographical information about the author, discussion questions for classroom use, and suggested further reading.… (mehr)

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Reuel Briggs is a medical student. He is hiding his background. He is interested in the mystical. When he travels to Africa he discovers a hidden society. And of course he is the rightful king. There is lust, love, betrayal, murder and retaliation. (

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nx74defiant | Feb 5, 2024 |

It's not the weirdest book I've read, but it's close. Reuel Briggs is a mixed-race medical student and scientist passing for white who falls in love with a black singer, who dies. Through his understanding of early-20th-century pseudopsychology, he's able to revive her, but she's lost her memory. So he tells her she's white and they get married. Unable to find a job in the United States, he goes to Africa as the medical advisor on an expedition, where he finds out that he's actually the king of a long-lost civilization that is the progenitor of the rest of the world... and that the queen of said civilization is identical to his wife. Things only get weirder from there. The book is never quite coherent-- it was serialized, and parts don't join up in a way that makes me think it was written from month to month-- and very rarely good, but it is entertaining. Its racial politics are complicated and not entirely understandable, but mostly progressive. And, to interest me, there's a lot of nutty stuff about the early history of psychology going on.

Stevil2001 | Nov 23, 2010 |

On the back it's advertised as being "the story of Reuel Briggs, a medical student who couldn't care less about being black and appreciating African history, but finds himself in Ethiopia...to raid the country of lost treasures," but instead ends up learning "the painful truth about blood, race, and the half of his history that was never told." In actuality, the book, written by an African-American woman in 1902, starts off with Briggs' experiments in spiritualism, incorporating fantasy/science fiction themes, then moves on to an Ethiopian lost world and finishing with a gothic climax. While the main point of the novel is illustrating the lack of difference between the races, it uses an odd, hodgepodge assortment of themes to do so. (

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Fiction. Horror. African American Fiction. Literature. HTML:

"Mysticism, horror, and racial identity merge fluidly in this thrilling tale... The suspense is tangible and the final reveal will leave readers reeling"�??Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

From groundbreaking Black author Pauline Hopkins comes an uncanny example of classic horror, exploring identity, race, and spirituality

When medical student Reuel Briggs reluctantly attends a performance by the beautiful singer Dianthe Lusk, he can't help but fall for her. The very next day, their paths cross again when Dianthe's train crashes. To bring her back from the brink of death, Reuel draws on an eerie power he can't quite name. Soon, the two are engaged, and Reuel sets off on an archeological expedition to Africa to offset his debts before the wedding. But, in Ethiopia, unexpected danger and terror force him to confront the truth about his lineage, his power, and the disturbing history that lives in his very blood.

First serialized in Colored American Magazine in 1902, this classic fiction exemplifies Pauline Hopkins's incisive writing and interrogates issues of race, blood, and history that remain urgent today.

This edition of Hopkins's classic horror novel is presented by the Horror Writers Association and introduced by award-winning author Nisi Shawl.

Includes notes, biographical information about the author, discussion questions for classroom use, and suggested further reading.

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