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Welcome to visit this web site of American fictions. It does not intend  to be all-inclusive, but is a mere introduction to 12 famous American novelists over three periods from early 19th century through 1970s, including  historical background, brief biography of each writer, list of works, synopsis of masterpieces. 

All we hope to accomplish is to help Chinese students of English to acquire some knowledge of American novels, in a short but great history of literature. For those who take a genuine interest in American novels, these pages may serve as brief introduction to further study.

Age of Romanticism                          

Washington Irving (1783-1859)   Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Age of Realism                                 

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
Mark Twain (1835-1910)          Jack London (1876-1916)

20th Century                                   

Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

   

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