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The Job
CAPTAIN LEW GOLDEN would have saved any foreign observer a great deal of trouble in studying America. He was an almost perfect type of the petty small-town middle-class lawyer. He lived in Panama, Pennsylvania. He had never been "captain" of anything except the Crescent Volunteer...
The Job: An American Novel
After a family member tragically falls ill, Una Golden was forced to move from Pennsylvania to New York in order to get a job to help support her family. Set in the early 1900s, going to the big city as a single woman was daunting and unconventional, but Una...
The Job: The Struggles of an Unconventional Wom...
In "The Job," Sinclair Lewis presents a poignant exploration of the struggles faced by women in the workforce during the early 20th century. Through the character of Grace Wickham, a determined and ambitious social worker, Lewis delves into the tensions between personal ambition...
The Job
Una Golden was a "good little woman"-not pretty, not noisy, not particularly articulate, but instinctively on the inside of things; naturally able to size up people and affairs. She had common sense and unkindled passion. She was a matter-of-fact idealist, with a healthy woman's...
The Job
The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need...
The Job
Three years before the civic-minded Carol Kennicott came to life in Main Street, Una Golden was confronting the male dinosaurs of business. Like Carol, the heroine of The Job is one of Sinclair Lewis's most fully realized creations. Originally published in 1917, The...
The Job
Sinclair Lewis' scandalous tale of Una Golden, who dared to work, marry, divorce and find success in the male-dominated society of New York in the early 1900s. Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and a writer lauded both for...
The Job: An American Novel
The Job: An American Novel By Sinclair Lewis
The Job: An American Novel
The Job
The Job is a novel by Sinclair Lewis, first published in 1917. The story follows the life of a young man named Ainsworth ""Jib"" Tatum, who is struggling to find his place in the world. Jib is a college graduate with big dreams, but he is unable to find a job that matches his...
The Job
The Job is a novel written by Sinclair Lewis that explores the life of a young man named Aloysius ""Al"" Timberman. The story is set in the early 1900s and follows Al as he navigates his way through various jobs and social situations in pursuit of success and happiness.Al begins...
The Job, an American Novel
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The Job (Unabridged)
Sinclair Lewis's "The Job" is an incisive exploration of the American social landscape in the early 20th century, dissecting the intricacies of ambition, identity, and gender roles through the experiences of its protagonist, the determined and morally astute character, a working...
The Job: An American Novel
The Job: An American Novel
"We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all." -Sinclair Lewis, The JobIn his novel The Job (1917) Sinclair Lewis vividly describes the world of work for women in the early years of the twentieth century. The novel was one of Lewis's first...
The Job
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The Job
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely...
The Job: An American Novel
The Job: An American Novel By Sinclair Lewis
The Job: An American Novel
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The Job
"With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; ... what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to counteract its materialities," says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspiration, both to young and old. They teach...
The Job; An American Novel
The Job; An American Novel
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