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Title: Book report help
Post by: alic3sw0nd3rland on 14 Sep 2005, 19:16

Yeah I need some help I need a book over 150 pages takes place in the united states and has Americans as the main characters and it has to take place between 1877-1930 any recomendations?

Title: Book report help
Post by: shrimp on 14 Sep 2005, 19:26

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? Written in 1884.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
Set in early 20th-century London, this is a classic example of Henry James's morality tales that play off the naiveté of an American protagonist abroad.

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque by Edgar Allan Poe
American poet, a master of the horror tale, Poe is credited with practically inventing the detective story. His first collection of stories, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, which appeared in 1840, contained one of his most famous works, "The Fall of the House of Usher."

I googled and got these. Mih, Hope some/any of them are the sot of things you need.  

I dont know if you need it to span those dates or wether it needs to be fiction/non fiction.

Title: Book report help
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 15 Sep 2005, 08:29

Hmm, I was about to recomend some Lovecraft but I think most of his stories fall under the 150 page requirement.

Title: Book report help
Post by: Kai on 15 Sep 2005, 16:39

I would say Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue (One of my personal favorite poe pieces) but it's in France. RAZOR WIELDING CHIMPANZEES MURDERING

Title: Book report help
Post by: alic3sw0nd3rland on 16 Sep 2005, 14:18

Yeah it's pretty ridiculous that it has to be in America otherwise i'd totally read War of the Worlds.

Title: Book report help
Post by: devils_daughter on 16 Sep 2005, 14:31

F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, takes place sometime in the 20's but boring as fuck so use only as a last resort.

Title: Book report help
Post by: YoungGrassHopper on 16 Sep 2005, 14:39

I'm not sure of the year of Grapes of Wrath...but that's in that same dust-bowl era time frame...may be a bit over...

but it would be my first choice. Steinbeck in general is a good choice.  

as for other novels...
(i'm not sure of the exact time of these either...)

Babbit, I believe is set in late 20's/early 30's?

The Great Gatsby

As I lay Dying, Faulkner

catcher in the Rye, Salinger

In our time, Hemmingway

To Kill a Mockingbird

Title: Book report help
Post by: JLM on 16 Sep 2005, 14:48

catcher in the rye was in the 50's.

Some others:
The 42nd Parallel - Dos Passos
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neal Hurston
The Awakening - Kate Chopin (Though I'm not sure if this follows the reqirements in terms of location)
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair

Title: Book report help
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 16 Sep 2005, 15:47

Quote from: Kai

I would say Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue (One of my personal favorite poe pieces) but it's in France. RAZOR WIELDING CHIMPANZEES MURDERING

That probably is my favourite work by Poe.  Heh, chimps.