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Explore 24 books like Washington Square by Henry James — a handpicked selection united by AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR).

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The American — Henry James

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The Great Gatsby — Francis Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction — Jerome David Salinger

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction

Jerome David Salinger

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Villages: A novel — John Updike

Villages: A novel

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The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni (Modern Library Classics) — Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni (Modern Library Classics)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales — Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

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A Modern Mephistopheles: A Novel — Louisa May Alcott

A Modern Mephistopheles: A Novel

Louisa May Alcott

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Nine Stories — J. D. Salinger

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The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition (Scribner Classics) — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition (Scribner Classics)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Scarlet Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Great Short Works of Stephen Crane — Stephen Crane

Great Short Works of Stephen Crane

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McTeague (1899) — Frank Norris

McTeague (1899)

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Naked Lunch — William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

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Three Soldiers (Modern Library Classics) — John Dos Passos

Three Soldiers (Modern Library Classics)

John Dos Passos

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Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose — Raymond Carver

Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose

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A Horse’s Tale — Mark Twain

A Horse’s Tale

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Franny and Zooey — J. D. Salinger

Franny and Zooey

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Burning Daylight — Jack London

Burning Daylight

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Toward the End of Time — John Updike

Toward the End of Time

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Stories Of Old New Spain — Thomas A. Janvier

Stories Of Old New Spain

Thomas A. Janvier

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Native Son, And, How “Bigger” was Born — Richard Wright

Native Son, And, How “Bigger” was Born

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Herzog (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) — Saul Bellow

Herzog (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

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The Rise of David Levinsky — Abraham Cahan

The Rise of David Levinsky

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Uncle Tom’s Children — Richard Wright

Uncle Tom’s Children

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If Washington Square by Henry James is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Henry James, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Jerome David Salinger, John Updike, and others.

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