Project Gutenberg 2011-05-05 Public domain in the USA. 106 Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) 1872 1933 Griggs, Sutton Elbert Overshadowed: A Novel E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Overshadowed: A Novel" by Sutton E. Griggs is a work of fiction written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Erma Wysong, a young Negro woman grappling with her identity in a society that treats her and her people with prejudice and hostility. The novel explores themes of race, class, and the struggle for self-recognition against the backdrop of societal expectations and limitations. At the start of the narrative, Erma is depicted as a troubled soul, conflicted by her emotions and the harsh realities of her life as a member of a marginalized group. She is introduced in her parlor, where she paces restlessly, lost in thought as she contemplates her future and her feelings for a young man named Astral Herndon. The opening chapters reveal her descent into despair upon realizing the societal disdain for her decision to seek employment in servitude, reflecting the internalized beliefs about race and the stigma attached to labor. Griggs sets the stage for a tragic exploration of Erma's struggles as she attempts to reconcile her aspirations with the oppressive societal structures that overshadow her existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36033/36033-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en African Americans -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 289842 2025-07-14T14:51:23.582162 text/html 289250 2011-05-05T11:38:46 text/html 340928 2025-07-14T14:51:27.354126 application/epub+zip 342642 2025-07-14T14:51:24.235183 application/epub+zip 185881 2025-07-14T14:51:23.906144 application/epub+zip 448041 2025-07-14T14:51:30.122111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419606 2025-07-14T14:51:27.025118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263062 2022-09-16T13:07:07.904471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273908 2025-07-14T14:51:23.255109 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 273553 2011-05-05T11:35:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19304 2025-07-14T14:51:30.247101 application/rdf+xml 23242 2025-07-14T14:51:23.979130 image/jpeg 3337 2025-07-14T14:51:23.943147 image/jpeg 303888 2011-05-05T11:43:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 107693 2011-05-05T11:35:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 302772 2025-07-14T14:51:23.609152 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia