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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">Ragtime <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ragtime&rft.author=%5B%5BE.+L.+Doctorow%5D%5D&rft.date=%5B%5B1975+in+literature%7C1975%5D%5D&rft.pub=%5B%5BRandom+House%5D%5D&rft.place=United+States&rft.pages=270+pp&rft_id=info:oclcnum/1273581"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RagtimeDoctrorowHardcover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/RagtimeDoctrorowHardcover.jpg/200px-RagtimeDoctrorowHardcover.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/RagtimeDoctrorowHardcover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="390" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/E._L._Doctorow" title="E. L. Doctorow">E. L. Doctorow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cover artist</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bacon_(designer)" title="Paul Bacon (designer)">Paul Bacon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Historical_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical novel">Historical novel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1975_in_literature" title="1975 in literature">1975</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">hardcover and paperback</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">270 pp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-46901-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-46901-1">0-394-46901-1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1273581">1273581</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification" title="Dewey Decimal Classification">Dewey Decimal</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">813/.5/4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/LCC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCC (identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">PZ4.D6413 Rag PS3554.O3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Ragtime</b></i> is a novel by <a href="/wiki/E._L._Doctorow" title="E. L. Doctorow">E. L. Doctorow</a>, first published in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sweeping <a href="/wiki/Historical_fiction" title="Historical fiction">historical fiction</a> occurs in the area of New York City between 1902 and 1912. </p><p><i>Ragtime</i> was ranked number 86 among <a href="/wiki/Modern_Library%27s_100_Best_Novels" title="Modern Library's 100 Best Novels">Modern Library's 100 Best Novels</a> in 1998. <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)"><i>Time</i> magazine</a> included <i>Ragtime</i> in its list of <i>100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_(novel)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel centers on a wealthy family living in <a href="/wiki/New_Rochelle,_New_York" title="New Rochelle, New York">New Rochelle, New York</a>, referred to as Father, Mother, Mother's Younger Brother, Grandfather, and 'the little boy', Father and Mother's young son. The family business is the manufacture of flags and fireworks, an easy source of wealth due to the national enthusiasm for patriotic displays. Father joins <a href="/wiki/Robert_Peary#Claiming_to_reach_the_North_Pole" title="Robert Peary">Robert Peary's expedition</a> to the North Pole, and his return sees a change in his relationship with his wife, who has experienced independence in his absence. Mother's Younger Brother is a genius at explosives and fireworks but is an insecure, unhappy character who chases after love and excitement. He becomes obsessed with the notorious socialite <a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Nesbit" title="Evelyn Nesbit">Evelyn Nesbit</a>, stalking her and embarking on a brief, unsatisfactory affair with her. </p><p>Into this insecure setup comes an abandoned black child, then his severely depressed mother, Sarah. Coalhouse Walker, the child's father, visits regularly to win Sarah's affections. A professional musician, well-dressed and well-spoken, he gains the family's respect and overcomes their prejudice initially by playing <a href="/wiki/Ragtime" title="Ragtime">ragtime</a> music on their piano. Things go well until he is humiliated by a racist fire crew, led by Will Conklin, who vandalize his <a href="/wiki/Model_T_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="Model T Ford">Model T Ford</a>. He begins a pursuit of redress by legal action but discovers he cannot hope to win because of the inherent prejudice of the system. Sarah is killed in an attempt to aid him, and Coalhouse uses the money he was saving for their wedding to pay for an extravagant funeral. </p><p>Having exhausted legal resources, Coalhouse begins killing firemen and bombing firehouses to force the city to meet his demands: that his Model T be restored to its original condition and Conklin be turned over to him for justice. Mother unofficially adopts Sarah and Coalhouse's neglected child over Father's objections, putting strain on their marriage. With a group of angry young men, all of whom refer to themselves as "Coalhouse Walker", Coalhouse continues his vigilante campaign and is joined by Younger Brother, who brings his knowledge of explosives. Coalhouse and his gang storm the <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Library">Morgan Library</a>, taking the priceless collection hostage and wiring the building with dynamite. Father is drawn into the escalating conflict as a mediator, as is <a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a>. Coalhouse agrees to exchange Conklin's life for safe passage for his men, who leave in his restored Model T. Coalhouse is shot as he surrenders to the authorities. </p><p>Interwoven with this story is a depiction of life in the tenement slums of New York city, focused on an Eastern European immigrant referred to as Tateh, who struggles to support himself and his daughter after driving her mother off for accepting money for sex with her employer. The girl's beauty attracts the attention of Evelyn Nesbit, who provides financial support. When Tateh learns Nesbit's identity, however, he takes his daughter out of the city. </p><p>Tateh is a talented artist and earns a living cutting out novelty paper silhouettes on the street. He tries working in a factory, where he experiences a successful workers' strike, but becomes disillusioned when he sees it change little about the workers' lives, although in the final chapter he still describes himself as a socialist. He starts making and selling moving picture books to a novelty toy company, becoming a pioneer of animation in the motion picture industry. Tateh becomes wealthy and styles himself "the Baron" in order to move more easily through high society. He meets and falls in love with Mother, who marries him after Father is killed in the <a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Lusitania" title="Sinking of the RMS Lusitania">sinking of the RMS <i>Lusitania</i></a>. They adopt each other's children, as well as Coalhouse's son, and move to California. </p><p>Mixed into the interwoven stories are subplots following prominent figures of the day, including those named above as well as in the <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Historical_figures">Historical figures</a> section below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_figures">Historical figures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_(novel)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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alt="Harry Kendall Thaw" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Harry_Kendall_Thaw_circa_1905_cropped.png/143px-Harry_Kendall_Thaw_circa_1905_cropped.png" decoding="async" width="143" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Harry_Kendall_Thaw_circa_1905_cropped.png/215px-Harry_Kendall_Thaw_circa_1905_cropped.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Harry_Kendall_Thaw_circa_1905_cropped.png/286px-Harry_Kendall_Thaw_circa_1905_cropped.png 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="709" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_White" title="Stanford White">Stanford White</a> (first), <a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Nesbit" title="Evelyn Nesbit">Evelyn Nesbit</a> (second) and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kendall_Thaw" title="Harry Kendall Thaw">Harry Thaw</a> (third)</div></div></div></div> <p>The novel is unusual for the irreverent way that historical figures and fictional characters are woven into the narrative, making for surprising connections and linking different events and trains of thought about fame and success, on the one hand, and poverty and racism on the other. One such figure is the black moderate politician <a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a>, who tries to negotiate with Coalhouse Walker without success. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini">Harry Houdini</a> plays an incidental yet prominent part, reflecting on success and mortality. As his success grows, he becomes increasingly depressed and believes his work is ultimately meaningless. After his mother's death, he becomes obsessed with exposing fraudulent occultism, while secretly longing to find a true mystic experience. </p><p>Arch-capitalist financier <a href="/wiki/J._P._Morgan" title="J. P. Morgan">J. P. Morgan</a>, pursuing his complex delusions of grandeur, becomes obsessed with reincarnation and Egyptian mysticism, and finds an unexpected kindred spirit in the down-to-earth <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ford" title="Henry Ford">Henry Ford</a>. Traveling to Egypt hoping for a vision of his grand destiny, Morgan only dreams of a past life as an ordinary peddler. </p><p>Socialite <a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Nesbit" title="Evelyn Nesbit">Evelyn Nesbit</a>, desperate to escape the press, becomes involved with Tateh and takes it on herself to care for his daughter. On meeting the anarchist agitator <a href="/wiki/Emma_Goldman" title="Emma Goldman">Emma Goldman</a> her identity is exposed and Tateh leaves her. Emma gives Evelyn comfort and guidance on how to free herself from the domination of men. Later, Younger Brother encounters Goldman, who advises him to move beyond his obsession with Evelyn. </p><p>Other historical characters mentioned include </p> <ul><li>the polar explorer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Peary" title="Robert Peary">Robert Peary</a> and his black assistant <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Henson" title="Matthew Henson">Matthew Henson</a></li> <li>the architect <a href="/wiki/Stanford_White" title="Stanford White">Stanford White</a></li> <li>Nesbit's mentally unbalanced husband <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kendall_Thaw" title="Harry Kendall Thaw">Harry Kendall Thaw</a>, who murdered White for allegedly sexually assaulting Nesbit when she was 15</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria" title="Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria">Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie,_Duchess_of_Hohenberg" title="Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg">Countess Sophie Chotek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" title="Sigmund Freud">Sigmund Freud</a>, who rides the <a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_love_(ride)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunnel of love (ride)">Tunnel of Love</a> at <a href="/wiki/Coney_Island" title="Coney Island">Coney Island</a> with <a href="/wiki/Carl_Jung" title="Carl Jung">Carl Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Dreiser" title="Theodore Dreiser">Theodore Dreiser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Riis" title="Jacob Riis">Jacob Riis</a></li> <li>the Mexican revolutionary <a href="/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata" title="Emiliano Zapata">Emiliano Zapata</a>, with whom Younger Brother eventually joins forces.</li></ul> <p>Two real-life New York City officials also appear in the book: Manhattan District Attorney <a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Whitman" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles S. Whitman">Charles S. Whitman</a> and Police Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Rhinelander_Waldo" title="Rhinelander Waldo">Rhinelander Waldo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influences">Influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_(novel)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Coalhouse Walker is a reference to the 1811 German novella <i><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kohlhaas" title="Michael Kohlhaas">Michael Kohlhaas</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Kleist" title="Heinrich von Kleist">Heinrich von Kleist</a>. Doctorow called <i>Ragtime</i> a "quite deliberate <a href="/wiki/Homage_(arts)" title="Homage (arts)"><i>hommage</i></a>" to Kleist's story.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The elements involving Coalhouse's humiliation and his increasingly desperate search for a dignified resolution reflect plot details in Kleist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_(novel)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel was a nominee for the <a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Nebula Award for Best Novel">Nebula Award for Best Novel</a> and won the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award" title="National Book Critics Circle Award">National Book Critics Circle Award</a> for fiction in 1975, and the <a href="/wiki/Arts_and_Letters_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Arts and Letters Award">American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award</a> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1991 Fredric Jameson book <i><a href="/wiki/Postmodernism,_or,_the_Cultural_Logic_of_Late_Capitalism" title="Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism">Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism</a></i> considers Doctorow's <i>Ragtime</i> to illustrate the crisis of <a href="/wiki/Historiography" title="Historiography">historiography</a> and a resistance to interpretation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_(novel)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel was adapted for an eponymous <a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(film)" title="Ragtime (film)">1981 movie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)" title="Ragtime (musical)">1998 musical</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_(novel)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris1991" class="citation book cs1">Morris, Christopher D. (1991). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modelsofmisrepre0000morr"><i>Models of misrepresentation: on the fiction of E. L. Doctorow</i></a></span>. University of Mississippi Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780878055241" title="Special:BookSources/9780878055241"><bdi>9780878055241</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Models+of+misrepresentation%3A+on+the+fiction+of+E.+L.+Doctorow&rft.pub=University+of+Mississippi+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=9780878055241&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Christopher+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmodelsofmisrepre0000morr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARagtime+%28novel%29" class="Z3988"></span> See chapter 5, "Analysis of ambiguous narrative voice and issues of demystification".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ragtime_(novel)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStade1975" class="citation news cs1">Stade, George (6 July 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/06/archives/ragtime.html">"Ragtime"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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October 16, 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=All+Time+100+Novels&rft.date=2005-10-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.time.com%2F2005%2F10%2F16%2Fall-time-100-novels%2F%23how-we-picked-the-list&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARagtime+%28novel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoctorowMorris1999" class="citation book cs1">Doctorow, E. L.; Morris, Christopher D. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gydWiIO-DCUC&dq=kleist+doctorow&pg=PA124"><i>Conversations with E.L. Doctorow</i></a>. 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March (novel)">The March</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Homer_%26_Langley" title="Homer & Langley">Homer & Langley</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Andrew%27s_Brain" title="Andrew's Brain">Andrew's Brain</a></i> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short story collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Lives of the Poets: Six Stories and a Novella</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>Sweet Land Stories</i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Time_in_the_World_(book)" title="All the Time in the World (book)">All the Time in the World: New and Selected Stories</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nonfiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Jack London, Hemingway and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992</i> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reporting_the_Universe" title="Reporting the Universe">Reporting the Universe</a> (2003)</li> <li><i>Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Citizen Doctorow: Notes on Art & Politics</i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_Hard_Times_(film)" title="Welcome to Hard Times (film)">Welcome to Hard Times</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(film)" title="Ragtime (film)">Ragtime</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daniel_(1983_film)" title="Daniel (1983 film)">Daniel</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bathgate_(film)" title="Billy Bathgate (film)">Billy Bathgate</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a 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