American novels

Overview The Great Gatsby is a modernist literary novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, first published in 1925. Set during the Roaring Twenties, the story examines wealth, class, love, and the …

Overview Little Women is a coming-of-age literary classic by Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1868. The novel follows four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—as they grow up during …

Of Mice and Men is a moving story about friendship, loneliness, and the search for the American Dream during the Great Depression. People have studied the novella’s themes and characters …