Returning Voices

The Uncalled

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

An orphan in a small Ohio town is brought up by a stern spinster who has decided he will be a preacher, whether or not he has been called. Dunbar’s first novel, of 1898. He was better known for his poems, and minded that readers wanted only the ones in dialect.

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Reading time

About 3 hr 35 min

Where to find it

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Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #25171. In the public domain in the United States.