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Young Lonigan

by James T. Farrell · 1932 · 224 pages

Part of the Studs Lonigan series

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It's a story about coming-of-age and sexual awakening in the mean streets of 1910s Chicago. It's the beginning of a trilogy that will follow Studs Lonigan throughout adolescence. And, claims Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, it reveals "his vision of the truth-the truth about people, the truth about writing, the truth about America."

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Genre
coming of age
Setting
1930schicagoUSA
Subject
history
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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