James T. Farrell





James T. Farrell

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born
February 27, 1904

died
August 22, 1979

gender
male


About this author

James Thomas Farrell was an American novelist. One of his most famous works was the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which was made into a film in 1960 and into a television miniseries in 1979. The trilogy was voted number 29 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century.


Average rating: 3.73 · 1,185 ratings · 101 reviews · 40 distinct works · Similar authors
Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy (L...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 745 ratings — published 1935 — 14 editions
Young Lonigan
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3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 1932 — 2 editions
The young manhood of Studs ...
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings2 editions
Judgment day
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1935 — 2 editions
Chicago Stories
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1998
A World I Never Made
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions
No Star is Lost
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4.88 of 5 stars 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings3 editions
Father And Son
4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings3 editions
My Days of Anger
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1943 — 2 editions
The Short Stories of James ...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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“America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.”
James T. Farrell

“If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you.”
James T. Farrell

“Life was hard on mothers; but then, they just didn't understand.”
James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy

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