Everyone, just about, tries to dissuade him from what they see as a romantic fling with little chance of permanence resulting, but timberlane is determined to marry her. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Cass timberlane has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Cass timberlane by sinclair lewis 1945 by lewis, sinclair. This book is masterfully written and reveals a tremendous insight into the nature of human beings by its author, sinclair lewis. Casss house was sometimes known as bergheim and sometimes as the old eisenherz place. This book is a novel of husbands and wives, being a meditation on marriage. Cass timberlane is a novel written by sinclair lewis in 1945. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Gopher prairie motel, next to the sinclair lewis interpretive center and rest area. Having said that i personally know noone who has read, will read or has ever even heard of the book.
In 1930, he became the first writer from the united states to be awarded the nobel prize in literature, for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters. Edmund wilson, reading cass timberlane on his return from europe, wrote. Cass timberlane is a romantic drama film starring spencer tracy, lana turner and zachary scott, directed by george sidney, and released in 1948. Personally, i liked it much better than it cant happen here, which is probably his most important book of recent years. It was written late in the career of sinclair lewis, and explores themes of love, marriage, heartache, trust, and redemption in a small minnesota town.
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He falls for jinny, a much younger girl from a lower class in his small minnesota town. It is a warm human story, a story of people everyone knows, of a community anyone could live in. Complete summary of sinclair lewis cass timberlane. Sinclair lewis lewis, sinclair, 18851951 a wikipedia article about this author is available lewis, sinclair, 18851951. He wrote his classic books main street 1920, babbitt 1922, arrowsmith 1925, and elmer gantry 1927 while living in the capital. Sinclair lewis 1885 1951 sinclair lewis february 7, 1885 january 10, 1951 was an american novelist and playwright. Written with unsparing realism and satire, yet with tenderness and maturity. Former congressman and now judge cass timberlane is a middleaged, incorruptible, highly respected man who enjoys good books and playing the flute. Thinskinned himself, it is the coarse, the rough, the lacquered with insincerity that set his imagination. This novel was written late in the career of sinclair lewis, it exp.
A novel of husbands and wives by lewis, sinclair and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This is by all odds the best book sinclair lewis has given us for many seasons. If you go with him, you must share experience as he sees it. Cass timberlane a novel of husbands and wives by lewis, sinclair. Cass timberlane by lewis, sinclair and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Lewiss nineteenth novel is an examination of marriage, love, romance, heartache and trust. In 1930, he became the first writer from the united states and the first from the americas to receive the nobel prize in literature, which was awarded for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters. Cass timberlane, by sinclair lewis chapter 40 she had gone to bed early, that november evening, purring, i think ill get enough rest for once, just to show i can do it.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Because of works such as babbitt, elmer gantry, and it cant happen here i along with many others decided to try writing novels. Harry sinclair lewis was an american novelist, shortstory writer, and playwright. Cass timberlane by sinclair lewis, first edition abebooks. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cass timberlane. Cass timberlane, 41 and divorced, falls for jinny marshland, a girl from the other side of the tracks who is half his age. A dreamer, at age he unsuccessfully ran away from home, wanting to become a drummer boy in the spanish. The following 17 pages are in this category, out of. The story was first published in the september 1930 issue of cosmopolitan magazine, with illustrations by josep segrelles under the name jose segrelles. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good.
Cass timberlane by sinclair lewis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Their relationship forms the dramatic backbone of the book, which lewis intersperses with sketches of husbands and wives in grand republic. Known for their satirical take on modern affairs, his bestknown books include main street, arrowsmith, babbitt, and dodsworth. A novel of husbands and wives and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle.
Sinclair lewis lewis, sinclair, 18851951 the online. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Cass timberlane is a minnesotan judge, stolidly in love with a woman many years his junior. Cass timberlane by sinclair lewis, first edition abebooks passion for books. This book centers on courtship and marriage with most. It had been built as a summer residencein those days it had seemed to be quite out in the countryby simon eisenherz, greatest of the radisson county pioneers, in 1888, and purchased by casss father, owen timberlane, in 1929. Little bear bongo is a childrens story written by sinclair lewis. Sinclair lewis books biography and list of works author.
Cass timberlane a novel of husbands and wives rakuten kobo. The first american writer to win the nobel prize for literature 1930, sinclair lewis lived and worked in dc during what would be his most productive period. Find cass timberlane by sinclair lewis 1945 by lewis, sinclair at biblio. Based on sinclair lewis novel, cass timberlane is a chronicle of a maydecember marriage, intercut with indications of the smalltown predjudice that lewis wrote of so well in arrowsmith and main. A novel of husbands and wives by sinclair lewis, which was lewis nineteenth novel and one of his last. Main street by sinclair lewis, fiction, classics carol milford says i do not admit that main street is as beautiful as it should be i do not admit that dishwashing is enough to satisfy all women her efforts meet with resistance, but a retreat to washington, d. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.
See all books authored by sinclair lewis, including it cant happen here, and main street, and more on. Cass timberlane a novel of husbands and wives by sinclair lewis. Sinclair lewis books list of books by author sinclair lewis. Cass timberlane has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Find cass timberlane a novel of husbands and wives by lewis, sinclair at biblio. This book was produced by me, cindy beyer, at faded page in canada and posted to our website last month. This, the nineteenth novel by sinclair lewis, is the intense story of a marriage.
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