The Adventures of Augie March

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The Adventures of Augie March is a 1953 picaresque novel by Saul Bellow that follows the freewheeling life of a young man in Depression-era Chicago and is celebrated for its exuberant, vernacular prose.

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Augie March 2
The Adventures of Augie March canonical 1

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instanceOf novel
author Saul Bellow
authorBirthName Solomon Bellows
linked to: Samuel Shellabarger
authorNationality Canadian-American
awarded National Book Award for Fiction
awardYear 1954
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy Seize the Day
form prose
genre bildungsroman
literary fiction
picaresque fiction
hasCharacter Augie March
Einhorn
Grandma Lausch
Simon March
Stella
Thea Fenchel
includedIn canon of American literature
literaryMovement postwar American literature
mainCharacter Augie March
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor depiction of Chicago
exuberant prose style
vernacular language
openingLine I am an American, Chicago born.
originalLanguage English
precededBy The Victim
publicationYear 1953
publisher Viking Press
linked to: The Viking Press
recognizedAs one of the great American novels
recognizedBy Modern Library 100 Best Novels list
setInCountry United States
setInPeriod Great Depression
setInPlace Chicago
structure episodic
subjectMatter coming of age
urban life
working-class experience
theme American Dream
freedom
identity
individualism
social mobility

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Saul Bellow notableWork The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March mainCharacter Augie March
linked to: The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March hasCharacter Augie March
linked to: The Adventures of Augie March