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Facts on File Companion to the American Novel G-O - Page 3

This a challenge which highlights both the depth and breadth of American literature. Just consider the range of emotions evoked by the titles on the list image: "Love", "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "Kindred", "The Grapes of Wrath", "Misery" and "Ham on Rye". Moreover it covers works written over more than two centuries, from the mid 18th century to early this century.
These are books discussed at length in "The Facts On File Companion to the American Novel" (Abby H. P. Werlock, 2006). This instalment covers titles from G-O.
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
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Ursula K Le Guin
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
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Libra (Don Delillo)
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Life in the Iron Mills (Rebecca Harding Davis)
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Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales (Elizabeth Spencer)
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Love (Toni Morrison)
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The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
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Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
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Lovingkindness (Anne Roiphe)
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Madame Delphine (George Washington Cable)
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Tales of New York (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Tales of New York
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Stephen Crane
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
102
Sinclair Lewis
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
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Gertrude Stein
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
104
Dashiell Hammett
Mama Day (Gloria Naylor)
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Gloria Naylor
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Oscar Hijuelos)
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Oscar Hijuelos
A Man Called Horse (Dorothy M. Johnson)
A Man Called Horse
107
Dorothy M. Johnson
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
108
Richard Condon
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Dorothy Johnson)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
109
Dorothy Johnson
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
110
Nelson Algren
Mao II (Don Delillo)
Mao II
111
Don Delillo
The Marble Faun (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun
112
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Married or Single? (Catharine Maria Sedgwick)
Married or Single?
113
Catharine Maria Sedgwick
The Marrow of Tradition (Charles Chesnutt)
The Marrow of Tradition
114
Charles Chesnutt
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
115
Ray Bradbury
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Disaster (Steven Millhauser)
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Disaster
116
Steven Millhauser
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
117
Jack London
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Maud Martha
118
Gwendolyn Brooks
Art Spiegelman: Maus I & II
Art Spiegelman: Maus I & II
119
McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague
120
Frank Norris
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