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The Sport of the Gods

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A family’s fortunes collapse under a false accusation, and their move north for a fresh start delivers considerably less freedom than the journey promised. Dunbar was already celebrated as a poet, and brings a poet’s ear for injustice to the prose here. The title’s promise turns out to be far crueler than it first sounds.

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Reading time
About 2 hr 45 min
Where to find it
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Edition
Project Gutenberg, eBook #17854. In the public domain in the United States.

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