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Carl van Doren


Born
in Hope, IL, The United States
September 10, 1885

Died
July 18, 1950

Genre
Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs


Carl Clinton van Doren, a United States critic and biographer, won Pulitzer Prize. He was the brother of Mark van Doren and the uncle of Charles van Doren. ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 801 ratings · 109 reviews · 257 distinct works • Similar authors
Benjamin Franklin
4.16 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1938 — 5 editions
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The Great Rehearsal
3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1948 — 35 editions
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Secret History of the Ameri...
3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1941 — 7 editions
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Benjamin Franklin Volume 1
3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1938 — 2 editions
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James Branch Cabell
3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1925 — 6 editions
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The American Novel
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1921 — 54 editions
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Mutiny in January
3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions
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Jane Mecom
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions
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Contemporary American Novel...
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1922 — 74 editions
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An Anthology of World Prose
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1935
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“Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.”
― Carl Van Doren
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“The race of men, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.”
― Carl Van Doren
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“The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted.”
― Carl Van Doren
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