Book guide
Ragtime
Fact and fiction dance through America’s ragtime dawn.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalResistanceHistoricalClass divideLiteraryFragmented narrativeLiterarySocial commentary
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About Ragtime
Opening in 1906 New Rochelle, Doctorow’s novel entwines fictional families with historical figures such as Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, and Emma Goldman to capture turn-of-the-century America in upheaval.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- hate crime
- misogyny
- racism
- violence
- death
- sexual content
- rape
- sexual assault
- racial slurs
- police brutality
- antisemitism
