A Lesson Before Dying is a novel by Ernest J. Gaines that was first published in 1993.

Characters

See a complete list of the characters in A Lesson Before Dying and in-depth analyses of Grant Wiggins, Jefferson, Sheriff Sam Guidry, and Tante Lou.

Literary Devices

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Essays

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Further Study

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