The Web and the Rock

by Thomas Wolfe

Overview

Part Two Of Two Parts

George Webber, a brilliant young writer, dreams of going to New York to find fame, fortune and the love of beautiful women. The loadstone of his desire draws him irresistibly, and he leaves his North Carolina town.

Though fame proves elusive, and fortune is never his, he does find love. But it is all so different from what he imagined -- different, and yet more wonderful, too. This turbulent love story is the only one Thomas Wolfe ever wrote.

"Original, lifelike and poetic." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781774644799
Publisher:	Rare Treasure Editions
Publication date:	11/11/2021
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	863,794
File size:	799 KB

About the Author

A larger than life figure -- like his contemporary, Ernest Hemingway -- Thomas Wolfe embodied a particularly American vision of the restless and eager writer, taking in the totality of his life experience and turning it into a gigantic, unwieldy vision in prose. With the publication of his semiautobiographical Look Homeward, Angel in 1929, Wolfe announced his dramatic entrance on the stage of modern fiction; but an early death made his exit sadly premature.

Date of Birth:

October 3, 1900

Date of Death:

September 15, 1938

Place of Birth:

Asheville, North Carolina

Place of Death:

Baltimore, Maryland

Education:

B.A., University of North Carolina, 1920; M.A., Harvard University, 1922; further graduate study, 1923

Editorial Reviews

Published posthumously in 1939, this novel introduces George Webber, whose saga is followed up in Wolfe's signature work, You Can't Go Home Again. The story begins with Webber's North Carolina upbringing and moves on to his relocation to New York City, where he meets wealthy socialite Esther Jack, who introduces him to a whole new world. Essential for public and academic libraries. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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