It was written by the author of "Seven Negro Sermons in Verse" called God's Trombones.
The narrator of this novel had youthful feelings for a violin-playing character only referred to as "she of the brown eyes." During a performance of Gounod's Faust, this novel's protagonist unmistakably sees his father and his sister. This book closes with the narrator remarking that he has sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Its narrator resolves to go to college after his mother dies in Connecticut, but the theft of his $400 causes him to take up cigar rolling in Jacksonville. The protagonist of this novel travels across Europe with his millionaire benefactor while cultivating his talents in the ragtime genre before settling down as a composer in the South. A lynching in Georgia causes the protagonist to leave the South and go to New York City, where he abjures his heritage. It was written by the author of "Seven Negro Sermons in Verse" called God's Trombones. For 10 points, name this novel about a black man who passes as white, by James Weldon Johnson.
The narrator of this novel had youthful feelings for a violin-playing character only referred to as "she of the brown eyes."
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man