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Title: The Great American Novel

Author: William Carlos Williams

Release date: November 26, 2020 [eBook #63888]

Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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THE GREAT

AMERICAN NOVEL

BY

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

PARIS

Three Mountains Press

1923

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

The Great

American Novel

CHAPTER I

The Fog

If there is progress then there is a novel. Without progress there is nothing. Everything exists from the beginning. I existed in the beginning. I was a slobbering infant. Today I saw nameless grasses—I tapped the earth with my knuckle. It sounded hol