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Tag Archives: American Literature
Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman© 2015 Harper Lee 288 pages When it was announced that Harper Lee had published a sequel to her legendary book, Go Set a Watchman, I was skeptical, as were many. Given how close its author was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, American Literature, American South, Harper Lee, Southern Literature
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby© F. Scott Fitzgerald It is interesting how the passage of years can suddenly alter a reader’s take on a given book. Take The Great Gatesby, for instance, which I read in early college and was so underwhelmed by that … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", 1920s, American Literature, Classics Club Strikes Back, F Scott Fitzgerald
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The Moon is Down | The Pearl | The Red Pony
Yesterday I made the mistake of having a sinus headache, and in our Brave New World of Perpetual Hypochondria, I was ordered to the doctor’s office to have my nose jabbed in search of the dreaded Beer Bug. To no … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, American Literature, American West, John Steinbeck, WW2
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A clump o’ reviews, because I’m house/dog/pool-sitting sans PC
I am in town for Father’s Day and thus taking a moment to scribble on my computer, having spent the past few days happily bobbing in a pool. Taking care of friends’ houses in their absence is such a chore, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Literature, John Steinbeck, simple living
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A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying © 1993 Ernest Gaines 256 pages “And that’s all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. until we – each of us, individually- decide to become something else. I … Continue reading
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Tagged American Literature, American South, Ernest Gaines, Southern Literature
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The Jungle
The Jungle © 1906 Upton Sinclair 475 pages Welcome to The Jungle, but we don’t have fun and games. We have despair, ruin, and death. The Jungle begins as the story of the Rudkus-Lukoszaite family, who have arrived in America … Continue reading
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams © 1918 Henry Adams 324 pages Who is Henry Adams, and why would anyone read about his education? Personally, I discovered this book through a personal interest in his family; Henry’s great-grandfather was John … Continue reading
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath © 1939 John Steinbeck 464 pages “I’m just tryin’ to get along without shovin’ nobody around.” When I drew up my list of Classics Clubs entries, I made sure to include The Grapes of Wrath … Continue reading
The Republic of Imagination
The Republic of Imagination: America in Three BooksOther edition subtitle: A Case for Fiction© 2014 Azar Nafisi352 pages When Azar Nafisi taught literature in Iran, she dreamed of America. Not the United States, the government of which had been making … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Literature, Classics and Literary, literature, Persia-Iran
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