Babbitt is the middle-class, average-American protagonist of this novel. Though he conforms to society and attempts to scale the social ladder, Babbit gradually becomes dissatisfied with the American Dream. He branches out to test other, more rebellious ways of life. He returns to where he began, disillusioned with the equally rigid standards he has found among the non-conformists, though still holding an openness to individuality in his heart.
One of the earliest road-trip novels, Free Air tells the story of Claire Boltwood, who travels from New York City to the Pacific Northwest by automobile. She leaves her rich, snobbish family behind and falls in love with a good, down-to-earth man.
Carol Milford is an exuberant, liberal-hearted woman who marries a man from a small town. After they marry they settle in his home-town, Gopher Prairie, which Carol finds narrow and ugly. She throws herself into reforming the town, but is met only with derision by her own class. She decides to leave, but finds that the world outside is just as flawed as Gopher Prairie. She remains uncowed, however, declaring "I do not admit that dish-washing is enough to satisfy all women!"
Meisterwerke der amerikanischen Literatur - Klassiker, die man kennen muss Schau heimwärts, Engel; Das Geschenk der Weisen; Grashalme; Moby-Dick; Ben Hur; Wolfsblut; Die Abenteuer Tom Sawyers; De e-artnow (2023)
Inhalt: Die Geschichten, die jeder Mensch in seinem Leben erleben sollte - in dieser Sammlung finden Sie die wahren Meisterwerke der amerikanischen Literatur, die bahnbrechenden Bücher, die zeitlosen Klassiker, die ewig bewegende Poesie: Grashalme (Walt Whitman) Moby-Dick (Herman Melville) Bartleby, der Schreiber (Herman Melville) Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern (Henry David Thoreau) Wolfsblut (Jack London) Der Seewolf (Jack London) Martin Eden (Jack London) Die Legende Von Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving) Jonathan Oldstyle's Briefe (Washington Irving) Sagen von der Alhambra (Washington Irving) Die karmesinrote Kerze (Ambrose Bierce) Der kleine Lord (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Die Abenteuer Tom Sawyers (Mark Twain) Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) Leben auf dem Mississippi (Mark Twain) Der Prinz und der Bettelknabe (Mark Twain) Ben Hur (Lew Wallace) Der letzte Mohikaner (James Fenimore Cooper) Onkel Toms Hütte (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Der scharlachrote Buchstabe (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Peter Goldthwaite's Schatz (Nathaniel Hawthorne) David Swan (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Die Hauptstraße (Sinclair Lewis) Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis) Der Rabe (Edgar Allan Poe) Die denkwürdigen Erlebnisse des Artur Gordon Pym (Edgar Allan Poe) Detektiv Auguste Dupin (Edgar Allan Poe): Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt Der entwendete Brief Der Untergang des Hauses Usher (Edgar Allan Poe) Das schwatzende Herz (Edgar Allan Poe) Das Faß Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe) Lebendig begraben (Edgar Allan Poe) Die Maske des roten Todes (Edgar Allan Poe) Ligeia (Edgar Allan Poe) Das Geschenk der Weisen (O. Henry) Ein Rückblick aus dem Jahre 2000 auf 1887 (Edward Bellamy) Smiths Auferstehung (Bret Harte) Eine Blaugras-Penelope (Bret Harte) Die Unbezähmbaren (Max Brand) Schau heimwärts, Engel! (Thomas Wolfe) Zärtlich ist die Nacht (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Schlagworte:FYB Belletristik: Erzählungen, Kurzgeschichten, Short Stories Umfang: 6972 S. EAN: 4066339513884
American writer Sinclair Lewis was interested in the social implications of the aggressive brand of capitalism that began to emerge in the U. S. the early twentieth century. In The Job, he focuses on the rising stature of women in the workforce, detailing the triumphs and travails of a young woman named Una Golden, who discovers that she has an inborn talent for real estate—and that she must fight against the nearly overwhelming chauvinism in the industry to stake her claim.
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