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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one mans doomed pursuit of love and success.,
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Naturalistic novels of American writer and editor portray life as a struggle against ungovernable forces. Value of his portrayed characters lies in their persistence against all obstacles, not their moral code, and literary situations more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency; this American novelist and journalist so pioneered the naturalist school.
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