Their Eyes Were Watching God

- Author: Zora Neale Hurston
- Genre: Fiction
- Publication Date: 1937
- Publisher: J.B. Lippincott
- Pages: 240
- ISBN: ISBN 0-06-093141-8
- Adaptations: Television Movie
- Starring: Halle Berry
- Producer: Oprah Winfrey

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is a drama set in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1937, and is considered a seminal piece of African American Literature.
Plot Synopsis

Their Eyes Were Watching God centers around Janine Crawford as she explains her childhood and life experiences that led her to three radically contrasting marriages to three exceptionally distinct men.
Critical Reception

While the novel was and continues to be a popular success, Hurston came under scrutiny because of her phonetic spelling of dialogue and her focus on inequities within African American culture.

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