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Novelist Theodore Dreiser was born #OTD in 1871. In novels such as "Sister Carrie" & "An American Tragedy," Dreiser depicted social striving & human mores in naturalistic detail. @CapitolClio on translating the American novel into film & "Sister Carrie": https://t.co/N4V2H9W2Cw https://t.co/TJMGkQxKG2

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Virginia Woolf published her book "To the Lighthouse" #otd in 1927. Discover more about her writing in this article by @Danny_Heitman: https://t.co/Lweksd7Cxd https://t.co/o5pQi77ku8

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Herman Melville, who drew on his own experience at sea to write "Moby-Dick," was born #OTD in 1819. Melville burned many of his papers & some unpublished works were only discovered decades after his death. James Williford on Melville's readerly marginalia: https://t.co/pyDXrOdsPZ https://t.co/CAqDLjSpeD

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Black intellectual & co-founder of the @NAACP W.E.B. Du Bois, who used the term "double-consciousness" to describe the experience of Black Americans in his book "The Souls of Black Folk," died #OTD in 1963. @Dr_ChadWilliams on @HenryLouisGates & Du Bois: https://t.co/UwTENIIgtK https://t.co/KLkRTsMrtO

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Joseph Conrad died #OTD in 1924. Best known for "Heart of Darkness," his other works, such as "The Secret Agent" & "Under Western Eyes," also penetrated the heart of European society. Wayne Franklin on James Fenimore Cooper, whose sea tales Conrad admired: https://t.co/WSfuQkUKCn https://t.co/ilWUaKy48I

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A Raisin in the Sun became the first play written by an African American to be produced on Broadway #otd in 1959. Learn more about author Lorraine Hansberry in this article from @Reid_Pharr: http://tinyurl.com/sr72a6ya #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/A7X9zcVekF

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George Orwell's "Animal Farm"—the now-beloved allegory of 20th century totalitarianism—was first published #OTD 1945. The story is told efficiently, in trademark Orwell fashion—but Orwell had a more tender side too. @Danny_Heitman on the outdoorsy Orwell: https://t.co/QvY2rw922h https://t.co/nBs7qaPqtA

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Terminology like “Big Brother” and “Orwellian” came into use after the publication of George Orwell’s novel 1984. The dystopian novel was published #OTD in 1949. @Danny_Heitman on #Orwell’s favorite respite from human depravity: https://t.co/bDukizY1Xa https://t.co/SwDYUW9q6p

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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately," famously wrote Henry David Thoreau in "Walden," first published #OTD in 1854. Classifying the multifaceted, wide-ranging "Walden" is difficult. @AlexWStern on #Walden & gaming deliberately: https://t.co/GNnj5Tmuit https://t.co/shlR3PLMXj

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s acclaimed novel, "The Scarlet Letter", was published #otd in 1850. This article from @Danny_Heitman explores the legacy of Hawthorne’s work: https://t.co/qjJBlSL7Qy https://t.co/pK4NdNh6No