Book Title: Jane's Career: A Story of Jamaica

Author: Herbert G. de Lisser

Book Description: Jane: A Story of Jamaica (1913) is a novel by Jamaican author H. G. de Lisser and is the first West Indian novel to feature a Black protagonist. The story follows Jane, a young woman raised in the Jamaican countryside, as she prepares to leave home for the first time and move to Kingston to begin her career.

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Jane: A Story of Jamaica (1913) is a novel by Jamaican author H. G. de Lisser and is the first West Indian novel to feature a Black protagonist. The story follows Jane, a young woman raised in the Jamaican countryside, as she prepares to leave home for the first time and move to Kingston to begin her career.

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Herbert G. de Lisser

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Jane's Career: A Story of Jamaica
Author
Herbert G. de Lisser
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Publisher
Ryerson University
Publication Date
February 15, 2022