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        The Corrections


        setting

        Midwest; New York; Philadelphia

        time

        Late 20th century

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        2001

        page count

        568

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Lambert family

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        The madness of an autumn prairie cold front coming through. You could feel it: something terrible was going to happen. The sun low in the sky, a minor light, a cooling star. Gust after gust of disorder. Trees restless, temperatures falling, the whole northern religion of things coming to an end.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)