James T. Farrell





James T. Farrell

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born
February 27, 1904

died
August 22, 1979

gender
male


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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 · 616 ratings · 75 reviews · 38 distinct works
Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 1935
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Young Lonigan
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1932 — 2 editions
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Chicago Stories
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1998
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The young manhood of Studs ...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings2 editions
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Judgment day
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1935 — 2 editions
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A World I Never Made
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions
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No Star is Lost
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4.86 of 5 stars 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings3 editions
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Father And Son
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings3 editions
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My Days of Anger
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1943 — 2 editions
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My Baseball Diary
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998
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Young Lonigan
Studs Lonigan (3 books)
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3.7054545454545456 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 550 ratings
“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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