Let Us Now Praise Famous Men / A Death in the Family / Shorter Fiction by Walker Evans, James Agee

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men / A Death in the Family / Shorter Fiction

Walker Evans, James Agee

818 pages first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction classics history emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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A passionate literary innovator, eloquent in language and uncompromising in his social observation and his pursuit of emotional truth, James Agee (1909–1955) excelled as novelist, critic, journalist, and screenwriter. In his brief, often turbulent...

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Moods

reflective 100%
challenging 70%
informative 40%
dark 30%
emotional 20%
sad 20%
adventurous 10%
inspiring 10%

Pace

slow 90%
medium 9%

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3.73

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