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Ragtime

Musical style that enjoyed its peak popularity between 1895 and 1919. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or “ragged” rhythm.

Sister Carrie

Novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young woman who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream

The Count of Monte Cristo

Adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas completed in 1844. It is one of the author’s more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers