Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Truman Capote

Brief Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Highlights the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.

Brief introduction to The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, highlighting the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.

Introduction to William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Provides background information about the novel's setting and main themes.

Introduction to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Highlights main ideas and themes of the novel.

Brief introduction to Jack London's The Call of the Wild. Highlights the novel's important themes and setting.

Brief introduction to The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane. Highlights the novels setting and style.

Brief introduction to the setting and characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

Brief introduction to Uncle Tom's Cabin, highlighting the novel's important themes, setting, and main characters.

A brief introduction to Moby Dick, highlighting the novel's setting, main characters, and important themes.

Biography of American author Herman Melville, including information on his personal life and literary career.