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First Novels: The English Teacher Looks at Some Great (And Not So Great) Beginnings - Page 3

Our maverick English Teacher looks at the first novels of 136 well-known writers, and is fascinated by the range of titles, which run the gamut from world renown to total obscurity. He wants to point out that first novel is not necessarily the same as first book; "Dubliners", for example, is Joyce's first book, but it's a collection of short stories, not a novel. Several were originally published under pseudonyms ( Gill Hunt was indeed John Brunner), and one author, Kenneth Millar, is better known by his pseudonym, Ross MacDonald.
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Night Soldiers
Night Soldiers
81
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
82
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Man's Initiation: 1917 (John Dos Passos)
One Man's Initiation: 1917
83
John Dos Passos
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
84
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Path to the Nest of Spiders (Italo Calvino)
The Path to the Nest of Spiders
85
Italo Calvino
Patternmaster (Octavia Butler)
Patternmaster
86
Octavia Butler
Payment Deferred (C.S. Forester)
Payment Deferred
87
C.S. Forester
Pebble in the Sky (Asimov)
Pebble in the Sky
88
Asimov
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
89
Charles Dickens
Plan B
Plan B
90
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
91
Kurt Vonnegut
Poor Folk and Other Stories (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Poor Folk and Other Stories
92
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
93
James Joyce
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
94
James M. Cain
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem
95
Patricia Cornwell
Practical Demonkeeping (Christopher Moore)
Practical Demonkeeping
96
Christopher Moore
The Primrose Path (Bram Stoker)
The Primrose Path
97
Bram Stoker
A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A Princess of Mars
98
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Professor (Charlotte Brontë)
The Professor
99
Charlotte Brontë
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
100
Dashiell Hammett
Refiner's Fire (Mark Helprin)
Refiner's Fire
101
Mark Helprin
The Revelation
The Revelation
102
The Road Through the Wall (Shirley Jackson)
The Road Through the Wall
103
Shirley Jackson
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
104
Daniel Defoe
Rocannon's World (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Rocannon's World
105
Ursula K. Le Guin
Rules of Prey
Rules of Prey
106
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
107
Alan Sillitoe
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
108
Jane Austen
The Skating Rink (Roberto Bolano)
The Skating Rink
109
Roberto Bolano
The So Blue Marble (Dorothy B. Hughes)
The So Blue Marble
110
Dorothy B. Hughes
Solar Lottery
Solar Lottery
111
Soldier's Pay (William Faulkner)
Soldier's Pay
112
William Faulkner
Someone Is Bleeding (Richard Matheson)
Someone Is Bleeding
113
Richard Matheson
Song of Kali
Song of Kali
114
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
115
Albert Camus
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
116
Doyle
A Summer to Die (Lois Lowry)
A Summer to Die
117
Lois Lowry
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
118
Ernest Hemingway
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
119
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
120
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