Their Eyes Were Watching God
A Black woman in the early twentieth-century South tells the story of her three marriages and her search for love on her own terms.
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Janie Crawford walks back into the all-Black town of Eatonville, Florida in overalls, and tells her friend Pheoby the story of her three marriages: Logan Killicks the older farmer, Joe Starks the mayor, and Tea Cake the younger gambler she follows down to the muck for a Lake Okeechobee storm.
Not yet in the United States. Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937 and remains under copyright until 2033. Hurston's heirs continue to control the work.
Yes. Their Eyes Were Watching God has been challenged in some American schools, primarily for sexual content and dialect. It is widely taught and is one of the most-read novels of the Harlem Renaissance.
Their Eyes Were Watching God was written by Zora Neale Hurston, published in 1937 by Ammann.
Their Eyes Were Watching God is 231 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Their Eyes Were Watching God takes most readers 3 to 5 hours to finish.
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a standalone novel by Zora Neale Hurston, not part of a series.
Their Eyes Were Watching God is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
