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Herman Melville; A nautical adventure chasing the white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizing a confrontation with nature and the psyche.

Nathaniel Hawthorne; An exploration of sin, guilt, and redemption in Puritan society through the story of Hester Prynne.

Harriet Beecher Stowe; An anti-slavery novel that humanizes African Americans and exposes the brutalities of slavery.

Henry David Thoreau; Reflections on simple living in natural surroundings, advocating for self-reliance and individualism.

Walt Whitman; A groundbreaking collection of poetry that celebrates the human spirit, nature, and the American identity.

Edgar Allan Poe; A short story of a narrator driven to madness, exemplifying Poe's style of Gothic fiction.

Mark Twain; The tale of a young boy's adventures on the Mississippi River, embodying the freedom and playfulness of youth.

Mark Twain; A novel that addresses complex themes like race and identity through the journey of Huck and the runaway slave Jim.

Louisa May Alcott; A coming-of-age story about the four March sisters and their passage from childhood to womanhood.

Stephen Crane; A novella depicting the harsh realities of life in the slums of New York City at the end of the 19th century.

Washington Irving; A supernatural tale set in a Dutch settlement in New York, famous for the character of the Headless Horseman.

Washington Irving; A story about a man who sleeps for 20 years and wakes up to find a changed world post-American Revolution.

Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner; A novel that satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America.

Edgar Allan Poe; A narrative poem about a man lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore, narrated by a man visited by a talking raven.

Herman Melville; A semi-autobiographical novel about a sailor who jumps ship and lives among the natives on a Polynesian island.

Herman Melville; A short story about a Wall Street law clerk who, in escalating passivity, refuses to do his work with the phrase 'I would prefer not to'.

Nathaniel Hawthorne; A parable about a minister who dons a black veil, symbolizing the sin and guilt hidden in all humanity.

Nathaniel Hawthorne; A short story that delves into the dark side of human nature, with themes of faith and the loss of innocence.

Edgar Allan Poe; A tale about the decay of an old family and the eerie collapse of their mansion, reflecting the genre of Gothic horror.

Herman Melville; A novella set on a British warship that explores themes of good and evil, guilt, and the ambiguities of morality and justice.

Edgar Allan Poe; A detective story featuring the analytical C. Auguste Dupin solving a case of a stolen letter hidden in plain sight.

Edgar Allan Poe; A narrative that allegorizes the inevitability of death, set during a masquerade ball amid a plague.

Nathaniel Hawthorne; A gothic novel about a cursed family and their foreboding house, with themes of guilt and retribution.

Louisa May Alcott; An account based on the author's experiences as a Civil War nurse, offering insight into war and 19th-century medicine.

Edgar Allan Poe; A collection of Poe's short stories, known for their macabre and often supernatural elements.

Frederick Douglass; An autobiographical slave narrative expanding on his life's struggles and journey to freedom as an African American.

Frederick Douglass; A memoir and treatise on abolition detailing Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man.

Mark Twain; A memoir detailing Twain's personal history as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, blending travel literature with autobiography.

Catharine Maria Sedgwick; A historical novel that challenges the gender norms of its time, set in early colonial Massachusetts.

Edith Wharton; A novel that scrutinizes upper-class society in New York City in the late 19th century, questioning social mores.

Marie Corelli; A science fiction and mystical novel that explores the conflict between science and spirituality in the age of invention.

Ambrose Bierce; A short story set during the American Civil War, famous for its irregular time sequence and surprise ending.

Theodore Dreiser; A novel that follows a young country girl who moves to the city and climbs the social ladder, representing the naturalist genre.

Henry James; A novella that examines the complexities and consequences of American versus European societal norms through the eyes of a young American woman abroad.