An Eye for an Eye

Name: An Eye for an Eye
Author: Clarence Darrow

by Clarence Darrow

Novel advocating against capital punishment through a parable narrative structure

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Clarence Darrow

Though best known as a defense attorney, Clarence Darrow wrote a notable autobiographical novel Farmington that captured rural Ohio childhood with nostalgic realism. His prose style was vigorous and plainspoken.

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FarmingtonAutobiographical novel set in small-town Illinois during the author's childhood and youth
Crime and CriminalsEssay collection on the causes and remedies of crime and criminal justice reform
Resist Not EvilTreatise arguing against violence and capital punishment from a humanitarian perspective
The Story of My LifeAutobiography of the renowned lawyer and social reformer Clarence Darrow