who are the 3 greatest american authors...what is their greatest work?

Answer 1

~Depends on who you like and what you like to read, doesn't it. I'm sure Jacqueline Susan, John Grisham and Tom Clancy have all outsold Herman Melville and Nate Hawthorn, but does that make Valley of the Dolls a better book than Moby Dick? What is your standard? Can't beat Kesey, Poe and Twain, but that would leave out Vidal, Mailer and Hemmingway. Steinbeck will be po'd about that. Maybe we can get Whitman or Thoreau to do an essay on it, if they can stop reading Maugham and Fitzgerald long enough. I suppose Tom Wolfe could be persuaded to do a field trip on it. O'Henry would be surprised if he didn't end up on the list, but Ayn Rand wouldn't much care. Willa Cather, John Updyke, Washington Irving and Tommy Merton deserve an honorable mention, too, but you only want 3. If it's for homework, go with these pillars of literary genius: Robert Ludlum, Stephen King and Harold Robbins. In each case, their greatest work would probably be their written words.

Answer 2

IMO ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath"

Also consider ... Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac

Answer 3

Robert Heinlein -> Stranger in a Strange Land.

Answer 4

William Styron (RIP) "Sophie's Choice"
F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby"
Ernest Hemingway "The Sun also Rises" and "Death in the Afternoon"

Answer 5

Edgar Allen Poe ... "Alone"; "Conqueror Worm"; "Annabelle Lee"
Robert Frost ... "The Road Not Taken"
Clive Cussler ... "Raise the Titanic"; "Cyclops"; "Sahara"

Answer 6

sidney sheldon
arthur conan doyle
wordsworth

Answer 7

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