There Is Confusion
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset’s debut novel There is Confusion follows an ensemble of middle-class African-Americans as they come of age in 1910s New York. The novel explores a series of on-again, off-again romantic entanglements between four characters Joanna Marshall, an ambitious but snobby dancer; Phillip Marshall, Joanna’s brother who studies at Harvard; Maggie Ellersley, a hairdresser who aspires to climb the social ladder; and Peter Bye, a race-conscious medical student. Through the course of the novel, a series of misunderstandings and intentional slights set former friends and lovers at odds with one another, all the while the forces of racial prejudice prevent each of them from accomplishing the fullness of their vocational ambitions.
The book is considered a canonical novel of the Harlem Renaissance for its depiction of the upwardly mobile African-American middle class.
Duration - 7h 47m.
Author - Jessie Redmon Fauset.
Narrator - Grant.
Published Date - Friday, 23 January 2026.
Location:
United States
Description:
Jessie Redmon Fauset’s debut novel There is Confusion follows an ensemble of middle-class African-Americans as they come of age in 1910s New York. The novel explores a series of on-again, off-again romantic entanglements between four characters Joanna Marshall, an ambitious but snobby dancer; Phillip Marshall, Joanna’s brother who studies at Harvard; Maggie Ellersley, a hairdresser who aspires to climb the social ladder; and Peter Bye, a race-conscious medical student. Through the course of the novel, a series of misunderstandings and intentional slights set former friends and lovers at odds with one another, all the while the forces of racial prejudice prevent each of them from accomplishing the fullness of their vocational ambitions. The book is considered a canonical novel of the Harlem Renaissance for its depiction of the upwardly mobile African-American middle class. Duration - 7h 47m. Author - Jessie Redmon Fauset. Narrator - Grant. Published Date - Friday, 23 January 2026.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Chapter 2:
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Chapter 3:
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Chapter 4:
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Chapter 5:
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Chapter 6:
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Chapter 7:
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Chapter 8:
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Chapter 9:
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Chapter 10:
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Chapter 11:
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Chapter 12:
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Chapter 13:
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Chapter 14:
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Chapter 15:
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Chapter 16:
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Chapter 17:
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Chapter 18:
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Chapter 19:
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Chapter 20:
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Chapter 21:
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Chapter 22:
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Chapter 23:
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Chapter 24:
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Chapter 25:
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Chapter 26:
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Chapter 27:
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Chapter 28:
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Chapter 29:
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Chapter 30:
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Chapter 31:
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Chapter 32:
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Chapter 33:
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Chapter 34:
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Chapter 35:
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Chapter 36:
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Ending Credits
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