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Doctorow's big bestseller, made into a major movie and now repackaged, was first published in mass market paper by Bantam.
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Ragtime is set in America at the beginning of the 20th Century. Its characters: three remarkable families whose lives become entwined with people whose names are Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, Harry Houdini, J.P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, Emiliano Zapata.
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Characters edit
- Harry Houdini: The famous magician appears throughout this story as one of many real historical characters that Doctorow weaves into the narrative.
- Henry Ford: Add a description of this character.
- Evelyn Nesbit
- J. P. Morgan
- Coalhouse Walker Jr
- Whitman
- Tateh
- Emma Goldman
- Sarah
- Conklin
- Younger Brother
- Kleist
- Booker T. Washington
- Mameh
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Quotes edit
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“America was a great farting country.”
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
In 1902 Father built a house at the crest of the Broadview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (publisher edition list)
This is book 100 of 211 in Hit : biblioteka moderne literature (Znanje, Zagreb). (publisher series)
This is book 335 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
This is book 154 of 213 in Best English-Language Fiction of the 20th Century. (authoritative list)
This is book 1 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1975. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- E. L. Doctorow (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1975
ISBN: 0394469011
Page Count: 270
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1975
ISBN: 0394469011
Page Count: 270
Awards edit
- National Book Critics Circle Award (1975: Fiction)
- Nebula (Finalist, 1975: Best Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3554 .O3 R3
- Dewey: 818'.54
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