Nella Larsen

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born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

April 13, 1891

died

March 30, 1964

gender

female

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Literature & Fiction

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Nellallitea 'Nella' Larsen (first called Nellie Walker) was an American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, what she wrote earned her recognition by her contemporaries and by present-day critics.

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Nella Larsen's Books

Average rating: 3.75 · 7,246 ratings · 523 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	Passing by Nella Larsen, Ntozake Shange (Introduction), Thadious M. Davis (Editor, Contributor) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 4,603 ratings — published 1929 — 32 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen, Deborah E. McDowell (Editor) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,387 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quicksand by Nella Larsen, Thadious M. Davis 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 994 ratings — published 1928 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories by Nella Larsen, Charles Larson (Editor), Marita Golden (Foreword by) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete And Unabridged Fiction Of Nella Larsen 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nella Larsen Collection 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Short Fiction of Nella Larsen 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quicksand & Passing 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clair Obscur 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Nella Larsen

“I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world. ”
― Nella Larsen, The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

tags: motherhood, mothers

20 people liked it

“What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?”
― Nella Larsen, The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

tags: friends

18 people liked it

“These people yapped loudly of race, of race consciousness, of race pride, and yet suppressed its most delightful manifestations, love of color, joy of rhythmic motion, naive, spontaneous laughter. Harmony, radiance, and simplicity, all the essentials of spiritual beauty in the race they had marked for destructions.”
― Nella Larsen, Quicksand

9 people liked it

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Vote for our May Group Read (1900-1940)

Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham (1919)

9 votes, 31.0%

Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves (1929)

8 votes, 27.6%

Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner (1936)

4 votes, 13.8%

Precious Bane by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb (1924)

3 votes, 10.3%

The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham (1929)

3 votes, 10.3%

Passing by Nella Larsen (1929)

2 votes, 6.9%

29 total votes

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