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The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it... She stood apart from mortal interests, yet close beside them, like a ghost that revisits the familiar fireside, and ...
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This Side of Paradise – F. Scott Fitzgerald
This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame.In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures...
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The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
A classic of American literature on the basis of two factors: One, it is structurally brilliant, with scarcely a line that is unnecessary; and, two, it unfolds before the reader a very moving and human message: The wonder (and ...
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The Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner
If you were brought up in the shade of the magnolias with Dixie playing in the background, but you find all the baggage that goes with it increasingly out of place, then you may discover that reading The Sound and the Fury is a...
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Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man is not merely a work about an alienated African American in post war society, it is also the story of American history, and the racism that has been ever present on the surface and veiled beneath the harmless guis...
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An American Tragedy – Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, Dreiser’s longest novel, has often been hailed as his masterpiece. The protagonist is Clyde Griffiths, the son of street preachers who live in dire poverty. Thus, Clyde grows up longing for material things ...
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Libra – Don DeLillo
Libra (1988) is a novel written by Don DeLillo. It focuses on the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and offers a speculative account of the events that shaped the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane. Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle.
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A Christmas Memory – Truman Capote
A reminiscence is a memory. The story "A Christmas Memory" is an autobiographical account of an event from Truman Capote's life where he relates a fond memory.
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's documents the year-long friendship of a New York writer with his neighbour Holly Golightly. The story is presented as the writer's recollections approximately twelve years after the conclusion of the frie...
