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PBS unveiled a list of America’s 100 best-loved novels, chosen in support of THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, a new PBS series and multi-platform initiative that celebrates the joy of reading and the ...
Over the summer, The American Scholar published two lists of the 100 best American novels from 1770-1985. We've combined the lists and we're asking: which ones have you read? Which books are missing?
Produced by PBS in partnership with Nutopia, The Great American Read explores the power of literature through the lens of America’s 100 best-loved novels, as chosen by viewers. An announcement of all ...
In case you missed the list, here are the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, as drawn up by the editorial board of the Modern Library: 1. Ulysses, James Joyce. 2. The Great Gatsb… ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” first published in 1925, is one of the nation’s greatest novels. Here’s a selection of the Journal’s Masterpiece columns on it and other ...
This was true for several books, perhaps, but why did this one breach the ceiling and enter the conversation of the Great American Novel? On the surface, “The Great Gatsby” is about a poor ...
The new book “100 Years of the Best American Short Stories” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 752 pp., ... She joined the L.A. Times in 2010 as staff writer in Books and left in 2018.
And, the 3-year-old festival will once again present dozens of regional and national authors in discussions and panels. Choosing the "best 100 novels of all time" is a highly subjective task, and ...
As ‘Gatsby’ Turns 100, Looking Back at Great American Novels Read a collection of Masterpiece columns on some of the nation’s brightest literary achievements. F. Scott Fitzgerald Bettmann ...