The Cliff Dwellers A Novel
The Cliff Dwellers novelHenry B Fuller bookChicago social realismclassic American literatureurban life fiction
"The Cliff Dwellers" is a pioneering novel by Henry Blake Fuller, offering a sharp, satirical, and insightful portrayal of urban life and the complex social hierarchy within late 19th-century Chicago. It dissects the ambitions, struggles, and moral compromises of various characters residing in the city's towering apartment buildings, serving as a seminal work in American literary realism.