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#U.S.A. (trilogie), John Dos Passos |
#U.S.A. (trilogie), John Dos Passos |
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#WINESBURG, OHIO, Sherwood Anderson |
#WINESBURG, OHIO, Sherwood Anderson |
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#THE WINGS OF THE DOVE, Henry James |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/j#a113 THE WINGS OF THE DOVE], Henry James |
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#THE AMBASSADORS, Henry James |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/432 THE AMBASSADORS], Henry James |
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#TENDER IS THE NIGHT, F. Scott Fitzgerald |
#TENDER IS THE NIGHT, F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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#THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY, James T. Farrell |
#THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY, James T. Farrell |
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#THE GOLDEN BOWL, Henry James |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4264 THE GOLDEN BOWL], Henry James |
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#SISTER CARRIE, Theodore Dreiser |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5267 SISTER CARRIE], Theodore Dreiser |
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#AS I LAY DYING, William Faulkner |
#AS I LAY DYING, William Faulkner |
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#ALL THE KING'S MEN, Robert Penn Warren |
#ALL THE KING'S MEN, Robert Penn Warren |
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#ON THE ROAD, Jack Kerouac |
#ON THE ROAD, Jack Kerouac |
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#THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett |
#THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett |
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#THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, Edith Wharton |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/541 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE], Edith Wharton |
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#THE MOVIEGOER, Walker Percy |
#THE MOVIEGOER, Walker Percy |
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#DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP, Willa Cather |
#DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP, Willa Cather |
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#THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, J.D. Salinger |
#THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, J.D. Salinger |
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#MAIN STREET, Sinclair Lewis |
#MAIN STREET, Sinclair Lewis |
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#THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, Edith Wharton |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/284 THE HOUSE OF MIRTH], Edith Wharton |
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#THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, Nathanael West |
#THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, Nathanael West |
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#A FAREWELL TO ARMS, Ernest Hemingway |
#A FAREWELL TO ARMS, Ernest Hemingway |
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#ANGLE OF REPOSE, Wallace Stegner |
#ANGLE OF REPOSE, Wallace Stegner |
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#RAGTIME, E.L. Doctorow |
#RAGTIME, E.L. Doctorow |
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#THE CALL OF THE WILD, Jack London |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/215 THE CALL OF THE WILD], Jack London |
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#TOBACCO ROAD, Erskine Caldwell |
#TOBACCO ROAD, Erskine Caldwell |
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#IRONWEED, William Kennedy |
#IRONWEED, William Kennedy |
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#THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain |
#THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain |
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#THE GINGER MAN, J.P. Donleavy (Ierss/Amerikaans) |
#THE GINGER MAN, J.P. Donleavy (Ierss/Amerikaans) |
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#THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, Booth Tarkington |
#[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8867 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS], Booth Tarkington |
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Versie van 22 aug 2010 11:38
Een goed startpunt om Amerikaanse romans te gaan lezen (de keuze is immers overweldigend!) is lijstjes van 'The best of' te raadplegen. Een van de grootste Engelstalige uitgevers, Random House, publiceerde in de New York Times van 20 juli 1998 een lijst met de beste 100 Engelstalige romans sinds 1900. Daarin waren volgende Amerikaanse romans opgenomen:
- THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- LOLITA, Vladimir Nabokov (Russisch/Amerikaans auteur)
- THE SOUND AND THE FURY, William Faulkner
- CATCH-22, Joseph Heller
- THE GRAPES OF WRATH, John Steinbeck
- AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, Theodore Dreiser
- THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, Carson McCullers
- SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, Kurt Vonnegut
- INVISIBLE MAN, Ralph Ellison
- NATIVE SON, Richard Wright
- HENDERSON THE RAIN KING, Saul Bellow (Canadees)
- APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA, John O'Hara
- U.S.A. (trilogie), John Dos Passos
- WINESBURG, OHIO, Sherwood Anderson
- THE WINGS OF THE DOVE, Henry James
- THE AMBASSADORS, Henry James
- TENDER IS THE NIGHT, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY, James T. Farrell
- THE GOLDEN BOWL, Henry James
- SISTER CARRIE, Theodore Dreiser
- AS I LAY DYING, William Faulkner
- ALL THE KING'S MEN, Robert Penn Warren
- THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY, Thornton Wilder
- GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, James Baldwin
- DELIVERANCE, James Dickey
- THE SUN ALSO RISES, Ernest Hemingway
- THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, Norman Mailer
- PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Philip Roth
- PALE FIRE, Vladimir Nabokov
- LIGHT IN AUGUST, William Faulkner
- ON THE ROAD, Jack Kerouac
- THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett
- THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, Edith Wharton
- THE MOVIEGOER, Walker Percy
- DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP, Willa Cather
- FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, James Jones
- THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES, John Cheever
- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, J.D. Salinger
- MAIN STREET, Sinclair Lewis
- THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, Edith Wharton
- THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, Nathanael West
- A FAREWELL TO ARMS, Ernest Hemingway
- THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH, Saul Bellow
- ANGLE OF REPOSE, Wallace Stegner
- RAGTIME, E.L. Doctorow
- THE CALL OF THE WILD, Jack London
- TOBACCO ROAD, Erskine Caldwell
- IRONWEED, William Kennedy
- SOPHIE'S CHOICE, William Styron
- THE SHELTERING SKY, Paul Bowles
- THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain
- THE GINGER MAN, J.P. Donleavy (Ierss/Amerikaans)
- THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, Booth Tarkington