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Title: The Job: An American Novel
Note: Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "The Job: An American Novel" by Sinclair Lewis is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Captain Lew Golden, a small-town lawyer in Panama, Pennsylvania, and his family, exploring themes of ambition, societal expectations, and gender roles. The novel offers a candid look at the struggles of women, particularly Lew's daughter Una, as she seeks independence and a career in a society that discourages female agency. The opening of the novel introduces Captain Lew Golden as a representative of the small-town middle-class lawyer whose life is defined by his mundane daily routines and limited aspirations. His wife, Mrs. Golden, embodies the discontent of women in their era, longing for romance and imagination that her life with Lew does not provide. The narrative then shifts focus to their daughter, Una, who grapples with societal expectations placed upon women. After her father's death, Una takes charge of her family's finances and yearns for a life beyond the confines of small-town respectability, leading her to consider a new life in New York where she hopes to become a businesswoman. The text lays the groundwork for a deeper exploration of Una's evolving identity and the pitfalls and possibilities she faces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
EBook No.: 25474
Published: May 15, 2008
Downloads: 344
Language: English
Subject: New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Subject: Women white collar workers -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Job: An American Novel
Note: Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by K Nordquist, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https:
//www.pgdp.net
(This
book was produced from scanned images of public domain
material from the Google Print project.)
Summary: "The Job: An American Novel" by Sinclair Lewis is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Captain Lew Golden, a small-town lawyer in Panama, Pennsylvania, and his family, exploring themes of ambition, societal expectations, and gender roles. The novel offers a candid look at the struggles of women, particularly Lew's daughter Una, as she seeks independence and a career in a society that discourages female agency. The opening of the novel introduces Captain Lew Golden as a representative of the small-town middle-class lawyer whose life is defined by his mundane daily routines and limited aspirations. His wife, Mrs. Golden, embodies the discontent of women in their era, longing for romance and imagination that her life with Lew does not provide. The narrative then shifts focus to their daughter, Una, who grapples with societal expectations placed upon women. After her father's death, Una takes charge of her family's finances and yearns for a life beyond the confines of small-town respectability, leading her to consider a new life in New York where she hopes to become a businesswoman. The text lays the groundwork for a deeper exploration of Una's evolving identity and the pitfalls and possibilities she faces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
EBook No.: 25474
Published: May 15, 2008
Downloads: 344
Language: English
Subject: New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Subject: Women white collar workers -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.