Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

James Agee

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

James Agee with Lloyd James (Narrator)

15 hours, 14 minutes first pub 1941 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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 Three Tenant FamiliesIn the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed ...

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Moods

reflective 100%
challenging 62%
dark 25%
emotional 25%
informative 25%
sad 25%
adventurous 12%
inspiring 12%

Pace

slow 88%
medium 11%

Average rating

3.71

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