Excerpt from the novel A Sign for Cain, 1935, by Grace Lumpkin.

Grace Lumpkin was one of the foremost writers of social realist literature. Her book A Sign for Cain, from 1935, is considered an important example of writing about Depression-era economic and racial inequality.

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Lumpkin, Grace, excerpt from “A Sign for Cain,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/ad5df98491d8051310520198b14e2cc8.
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