The Damnation of Theron Ware
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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 the fictional town of Octavius in upstate New York, the novel presents a portrait of late 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.