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| Author | Harold Frederic |
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| Original title | The Damnation of Theron Ware |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Stone & Kimball, Chicago |
Publication date | 1896 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Serial, Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 512 (first edition) |
The Damnation of Theron Ware (first published in England as Illumination) is an 1896 novel by American author Harold Frederic. Set in upstate New York, the novel presents a portrait of 19th-century provincial United States, the religious life of its ethnic groups, and its intellectual and artistic culture. It is written in a realistic style. According to Publishers Weekly, it was the fifth-best-selling book in the United States in 1896.
