William Faulkner ... was finished by October. The published novel soon became a critical success with only 1,789 copies. In 1928, Faulkner broke ties ... View More
Wordcount: 1699
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John Grisham ... In fact, he had been getting up at 5:00 every morning for three years to work on what would be his first published novel Mr. Showbiz. ... View More
Wordcount: 1193
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Sylvia Plath ... After a long recovery, she returned to Smith College and graduated in 1954. This incident is well described in the Bell Jar, her second published novel. ... View More
Wordcount: 844
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Stephen King ... Discouraged and depressed by his unsuccessful attempts, King almost threw away a novel of what was to become his first published novel, Carrie. ... View More
Wordcount: 570
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A Perfect Civil War novel Red Badge of Courage ... In 1893, Crane privately published his first novel, Maggie, under a pseudonym, knowing the description of slum realities would shock readers. ... View More
Wordcount: 1842
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Rise of the Novel ... Henry Fielding 17071754 had published poems, satirical pieces, comedies, farces and ballad operas before he published his first novel. ... View More
Wordcount: 5600
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King ... first two novels before receiving a 2,500 advance for Carrie, which his wife had rescued from the trash can.ampquotMr. Showbiz His first published novel, about a ... View More
Wordcount: 1885
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A Biography of George Orwell ... His first published novel is Burmese Days 1935, Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, a scathing critique and cautionary tale based on his experiences in the Indian ... View More
Wordcount: 1725
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George Orwell ... This drove Orwell to write his first published novel in his lifetime in 1978. Animal Farm was a sucess straight from the start. ... View More
Wordcount: 398
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William Faulkner ... By his third novel, Sartoris, published in 1929, Faulkner had created the mythological Yoknapatawpha County and had begun to explore in depth the history and ... View More
Wordcount: 853
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A Seperate Peace ... John Knowlesamp39 first published novel, A Separate Peace, now a decade old, is a minor but very nearly perfect piece of work: a tight, cohesive account of the ... View More
Wordcount: 1471
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The Works of Kate Chopin ... Her first short stories were published in 1889 in small magazines, and she published her first novel in 1890, at her own expense. ... View More
Wordcount: 1223
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ... a war correspondent. While in South Africa, Doyle published a novel called The Great Boer War in 1900. Then other short stories ... View More
Wordcount: 1914
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sir arthur conan doyle ... a war correspondent. While in South Africa, Doyle published a novel called The Great Boer War in 1900. Then other short stories ... View More
Wordcount: 1772
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Kate Chopin: A Controversial ... She also published her first two short stories that same year, ampquotWiser Than a God,ampquot and, ampquotA Point at Issue.ampquot In 1890, Kate published her first novel, At Fault 3 ... View More
Wordcount: 1535
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Albert Camus and JeanPaul Sartre ... Camusamp39s work, Lamp39Etranger, serves as a mild comparison between the two philosophical greats, for this work is Camusamp39s first published novel and represents ... View More
Wordcount: 1050
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John Steinbeck ... John finally became successful in 1935 with his novel ampquotTortilla Flatampquot being published. ... His Final novel, ampquotThe Winter of Discontentampquot was published in 1961. ... View More
Wordcount: 890
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Civil war effect by its Litature ... Mistakenly assuming that Craneamp39s novel had been first published in England, McClurg denounced it as a ampquotvicious satire upon American soldiers and American armies ... View More
Wordcount: 1317
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Kurt Vonnegutamp39s life ... This is one of few novels that does not involve any sciencefiction or technology. Catamp39s Cradle was his next novel. It was published in 1963. ... View More
Wordcount: 630
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John Irving in a Prayer for Owen Meany ... and integrated them into his novel. The novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany, was published in 1989. During the time in which Irving wrote ... View More
Wordcount: 706
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The Great Gatsby ... While in the army he met Zelda Sayre and they got engaged. After he left the army he worked as an advertising agent and tried to get his first novel published. ... View More
Wordcount: 2515
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The controversy of ulysses ... novels of the 20th century. The Shakespeare and Company in Paris first published this novel in 1922. Entering the market of united ... View More
Wordcount: 1489
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Bluest Eyes ... Tar Baby her fourth novel published in 1981 deal with whites and blacks interaction. ... Her next novel was Jazz published in 1992. ... View More
Wordcount: 1546
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This Ainamp39t No Racist Novel ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has caused controversy since it was first published. The book is not a racist novel, far from it. ... View More
Wordcount: 1140
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Jane Austen ... 1812, Austen began extensive revisions on ampquotFirst Impressions,ampquot abandoning its epistolary form for that of a traditional novel. The book was published in 1813 ... View More
Wordcount: 1590
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Jane Austen ... 1812, Austen began extensive revisions on ampquotFirst Impressions,ampquot abandoning its epistolary form for that of a traditional novel. The book was published in 1813 ... View More
Wordcount: 1531
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Roddy Doyle ... completely downhill. Later in the 80amp39s, approximately 1986, he published the first successful novel of his writing career. The name ... View More
Wordcount: 870
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John Updike ... In 1958 his first novel was published, The Poorhouse Fair. His first book of short stories was published just months after his first ... View More
Wordcount: 635
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John Steinbeck ... Francisco. There he wrote and published his first novel, The Cup of Gold. Steinbeck also married a woman named Carol Henning while there. ... View More
Wordcount: 1070
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Thomas Hardy ... fund his first story that was named ampquotDesperate Remedies.ampquot ampquotUnder the Greenwood Treeampquot was his first truly successful novel that was published anonymously in 1872 ... View More
Wordcount: 1046
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