Presents biographical sketches and analytical overviews of some of the best-known American and Canadian writers of long fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Presents biographical sketches and analytical overviews of some of the best-known American and Canadian writers of long fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries.