num_pages: 282
description: The story is set in America and covers the decade preceding the 1914-1918 many charaters from real life appear in it including Houdini, Sigmund Freud, Henry Ford and stanford White. In telling the story about people it brings to life the mood and spirit of that era.
language: English
title: Ragtime
titlecomplete: Ragtime
characters: Coalhouse Walker, Evelyn Nesbit, Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, Harry Houdini, J.P. Morgan
genres: 20th Century, American, New York, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 42934
places: New York City, New York, New Rochelle, New York, Manhattan, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Macmillan General Books