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William Alexander Caruthers

William Alexander Caruthers was a nineteenth-century American novelist.

Lived
1802–1846
Nationality
American
Language
English

William Alexander Caruthers (1802–1846) was an American novelist who lived and wrote during the first half of the nineteenth century. His work as a writer of fiction represents an early contribution to the development of the novel in the United States.\n\nActive during this formative period of American letters, Caruthers is remembered historically as a novelist of the era. He passed away in 1846, ending a career situated within the early nineteenth-century literary landscape.