Annette C. Boehm reviewed The magazine novels of Pauline Hopkins by Pauline E. Hopkins (Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers)
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4 stars
These three novels were an interesting read for me, both as historical documents / cultural artifacts and as entertaining stories. Hopkins believed in teaching her African American readership through serialized stories, - as a result, these novels try to entertain and educate at the same time. The plot-lines are at times not unlike those of soap operas - but I don't want to spoil the surprises, so I'll leave it at that.
For an in-depth discussion of each of the novels, visit my book blog here: outsideofacat.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/the-magazine-novels-of-pauline-hopkins-pt-1-or-fiction-for-betterment/