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What year was The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter published?

  • 1940

  • 1942

  • 1938

  • 1945

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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter was published in 1940, making it a product of its time and reflecting the social, political, and economic landscape of the United States during the Great Depression. The novel delves into themes of loneliness, isolation, and the search for human connection, all of which resonate deeply in the context of the challenging era in which it was written.
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