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  1. A Lesson Before Dying is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The novel is based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young Black American man best known for surviving a failed electrocution in the state of Louisiana in 1946.

    • Ernest J. Gaines
    • 1993
  2. Jan 1, 2001 · A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

    • (60.8K)
    • Paperback
    • Ernest J. Gaines
  3. Learn about the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, set in Louisiana in the 1940s, about a Black man on death row and his teacher. Find plot summary, character analysis, quotes, and more study tools.

  4. A Lesson Before Dying is a novel by Ernest J. Gaines about a black teacher who tries to help a condemned man face his death with dignity. The novel explores themes of racism, justice, and identity in the American South.

  5. LitCharts offers a comprehensive analysis of Ernest Gaines's novel A Lesson Before Dying, which explores the themes of racism, justice, and identity in the American South. Find plot summary, character analysis, quotes, themes, symbols, and more.

  6. About A Lesson Before Dying. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on death row for a crime he didn’t commit.

  7. Jan 20, 2004 · NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on...

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