Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston, considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance and Hurston's best-known work. Set in central and southern Florida in the early twentieth century, it follows protagonist Janie Crawford's ripening from a vibrant but voiceless teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny. Hurston wrote the novel in Haiti in the span of seven weeks. Though initially poorly received by the African-American community, the novel has since been regarded as influential to both African-American literature and women's literature, and Time magazine included it in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. It is considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance and Hurston's best-known work.
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Though initially poorly received by the African-American community, the novel has since been regarded as influential to both African-American literature and women's literature, and Time magazine included it in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. It is considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance and Hurston's best-known work. The novel explores protagonist Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny." Hurston wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God in Haiti in the span of seven weeks.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston.
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Novel, psychological fiction, bildungsroman
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