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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Mark Twain
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The Scarlet Letter
By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Published in 1850, it is an example of literature from the Romantic Movement. It is also considered historical fiction. It tells the fictional story of a puritan woman who conceives a child through an adulterous affair. -
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Kate Chopin
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
By Harriet Beecher Stowe. First published in a peridical in parts in 1852. It is an anti-slave novel. The story is about two slaves lives, one who escapes from slavery once finding out that her owner has decided to sell her son to a slave trader and another who stays and is sold to a slave trader. -
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Stephen Crane
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Jack London
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Upton Sinclair
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Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain. It is a sequel to Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In this novel, Twain focuses on Huck Finn who has faked his death in order to runaway from an abusive father. Along the way Huck helps an escaped slave named Jim hide from those who are hunting him and Jim helps Huck survive. -
The Red Badge of Courage
By Stephen Crane. The novel takes place during the American Civil War. The story is about a young private in the Union Army who flees the scene of a battle. -
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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William Faulkner
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The Awakening
By Kate Chopin. The novel is about a young woman who struggles to act the way society says she should act towards her husband and children and her new found need for independence away from her family. -
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John Steinbeck
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Call of the Wild
By Jack London. The novel is about a domesticated dog from California is stolen and sold in Alaska to be a sled dog. The story is about his poor treatment from his owner and cruelty from the other animals around him and how he overcomes his poor treatment and becomes the leader of the pack. -
The Jungle
By Upton Sinclair. The novel is about the poor working conditions in the meat packing industry during the early 20th century. The story focused on the hopelessness felt among the working class and the greed centered of those in power. -
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Ralph Ellison
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J.D. Salinger
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The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel is set druing the roaring 20s, it tells the story about of a mysteriously, wealthy man who throws lavish parties in order to encounter a former flame. -
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Harper Lee
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The Sound and the Fury
By William Faulkner. The novel is about the exlpoits of a dysfunctional southern family, told by three different point of view from members of the family. -
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Toni Morrison
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The Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck. The novel is set during the Great Depression, and is about a family of farmers who are driven to leave Oklahoma due to poor farming conditions. The story is about the struggles of the family on their way to California to start a new life. -
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Marilynn Robinson
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Alice Walker
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Catcher in the Rye
By J.D. Salinger. The novel is about a young teenaged boy in a prep school. The story is told by the main character Holden, a foul mouthed, precocious boy. The novel deals with the confusion. angst and rebellion that come with being an adolescent. -
Invisible Man
By Ralph Ellison. The novel is about a young black man who not only has to overcome struggles with growing into a man, but also struggles of social reform and racial injustices. -
To Kill a Mockingbord
By Harper Lee. Set in the south, during a trial of a black man is being charged for raping a white woman. The main character, Scout, father is appointed to represent the black man during his trial. It is a Bildungsroman or coming of age story, it deals with racial injustice, racial inequality, class and compassion. -
The Color Purple
By Alice Walker. The novel takes place in Georgia in the 1930s. It is about a young black girl who physically and sexually abused. The story follows her life as she tries to survive and better her life. -
Beloved
By Toni Morrison. The novel is about the life of an escaped slave and what she does to save her life and the lives of her children. -
Gilead
By Marrilynn Robinson. The novel is about a dying pastor who writes down memories of his life to his seven year old son.
