Free Air (eBook)

Sinclair Lewis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
224 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82970-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This 1919 road trip novel follows a New York socialite on a cross-country drive. But the greatest distance to surmount is the class divide between her and her suitor, a small-town mechanic.

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Wealthy young socialite Claire Boltwood sets out with her father on a journey from Minneapolis to Seattle in a 70-horsepower Gomez-Dep roadster, one of the finest cars of the post-World War I era. For Milt Daggett, small-town mechanic and garage owner, a glimpse of their vehicle is as exciting as a comet to an astronomer. He's even more astonished by Claire, whose elegance and self-possessed manner inspire him to join the Boltwoods in their trek. It's a long way to the Pacific Northwest, but the greatest distance to surmount will be the class divide between Claire and Milt. One of the earliest road trip novels, Free Air first appeared in 1919, just before Sinclair Lewis became famous with the publication of Main Street. His romantic tale of adventure in the days before interstate highways recaptures the lure of the American West and the exciting new freedom of the early days of the automobile.

Autor

Novelist, short story writer, and playwright Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) was a native of Sauk Center, Wisconsin, and intimately acquainted with the small towns of the American heartland. In 1930 he became the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Inhalt

I. Miss Boltwood of Brooklyn is Lost in the MudII. Claire Escapes from RespectabilityIII. A Young Man in a RaincoatIV. A Room WithoutV. Release Brakes--Shift to ThirdVI. The Land of Billowong CloudsVII. The Great American Frying PanVIII. The Discovery of Canned Shrimps and HesperidesIX. The Man with Agate EyesX. The Curious Incident of the Great HighwayXI. Sagebrush Tourists of the Great HighwayXII. The Wonders of Nature with all Modern ImprovementsXIII. Adventurers by FirelightXIV. The Beast of the CorralXV. The Black Day of the VoyageXVI. The Spectacles of AuthorityXVII. The Vagabond in GreensXVIII. The Fallacy of RomanceXIX. The Night of Endless PinesXX. The Free WomanXXI. The Mine of Lost SoulsXXII. Across the Roof of the WorldXXIII. The Grail in a Back Yard in YakimaXXIV. Her Own PeopleXXV. The Abyssinian PrinceXXVI. A Class in Engineering and OmeletsXXVII. The Viciousness of Nice ThingsXXVIII. The Morning Coat of Mr. Hudson B. RiggsXXIX.The Enemy LoveXXX. The Virtuous PlottersXXXI. The Kitchen IntimateXXXII. The Cornfield AristocratXXXIII. Tooth-Mug-TeaXXXIV. The Beginning of a Story 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 20th century fiction • Adventure • Adventures • American Fiction • Automobile • big realization • CARS • Class • class divide • democratic aesthetic • Driving • egalitarian politics • everyman • journey • New York City • Pacific Northwest • personal discovery • post world war i • Railroads • Realism • Road Novel • Roadster • Road Trip • Romance • small towns • social circles • socialite • Trains • Upper Class • Vehicles • Wealth • wealthy businessman • Working Class
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82970-7 / 0486829707
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82970-8 / 9780486829708