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Wright American Fiction

Provides electronic, full-text access to almost every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875.

All Branch LibrariesBronx Library CenterSchomburg Center for Research in Black CultureSt. George Library CenterStavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)Stephen A. Schwarzman BuildingThe New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsThomas Yoseloff Business Center
Language and Literature, English and American Literature, American Studies
<p>Wright American Fiction online collection attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875; including works by well known writers such as Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, along with many forgotten authors whose works were popular in their own time.</p>
English