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Look Homeward, Angelis an elaborate and movingcoming-of-age story about Eugene Gant, a restless andenergetic character whose passion to experience life takes himfrom his small, rural hometown in North Carolina toHarvard University and the city of Boston. The novel'spattern is artfully simple -- a small town, a large family,high school and college -- yet the characters aremonumental in their graphic individualityand personality.Through his rich, ornate prose, Wolfe evokes theextraordinarily vivid family of the Gants, and withequal detail, the remarkable peculiarities of small-townlife and the pain and upheaval of a boy who must leaveboth. A classic work of American literature, LookHomeward, Angel is a passionate, stirring, andunforgettable novel.