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What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

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NEW YORK — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy, published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited as something momentous: the first American novel. Around 100 pages long, Brown's narrative tells of two young New Englanders whose love affair abruptly and tr…

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It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading

Critics have long debated which books qualify as a ‘Great American Novel.’ The discussion over the ‘First American Novel’ is relatively settled. Honors go to William Hill Brown's ‘The Power

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What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

Critics have long debated which books qualify as a ‘Great American Novel

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What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown’s “The Power of Sympathy,” published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited as something momentous: the first American novel. Around 100 pages long, Brown’s narrative tells of two young New Englanders whose…

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What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

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What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill […]

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What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

NEW YORK (AP) -- In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution.

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It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading

It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

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