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Slaughterhouse-Five is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut. The full title is Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death. The novel was first published in 1969, and it is recognized as an American classic.
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Slaughterhouse-Five is an anti-war novel, by Kurt Vonnegut. The work was first published in 1969, and it's been called an American classic. Semi-autobiographical in nature, the novel is drawn from the Vonnegut's war-time experiences in World War II. Here are a few quotes from the novel.

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