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Look Homeward, Angel
- 626 pages · about 10 hours
- First published 1929
- 73 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
An elaborate and moving coming-of-age story about Eugene Gant, a restless and energetic character whose passion to experience life takes him from his small, rural hometown in North Carolina to Harvard University and the city of Boston. The novel's pattern is artfully simple--a small town, a large family, high school and college--yet the characters are monumental in their graphic individuality and personality.
Good for readers who want: a coming-of-age story and a long read.
- Domestic fiction
- Coming of age
- Family life
- Mountain life
- Boys
- North carolina
- Autobiographical fiction
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