Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Its a meditation on marriage, with judge cass timberlanes passion for and pursuit of jinny as its centerpiece. Publication date 1945 topics other collection digitallibraryindia. Cass timberlane a novel of husbands and wives rakuten kobo. Author of it cant happen here readers circle series, the penguin book of gaslight crime, cass timberlane, seven american short stories, the works of sinclair lewis 9 volumes, martin arrowsmith, seni sevmek kaderin, babbitt the collected works of sinclair lewis 29 volumes. A novel of husbands and wives uit 1945 van sinclair lewis en werd destijds in nederland uitgebracht.
This novel was written late in the career of sinclair lewis, it explores themes of love, marriage, heartache, trust and redemption in a small minnesota town. Cass timberlane a novel of husbands and wives by sinclair lewis book resume. Cass timberlane hardcover june 1 1945 by sinclair lewis author 5. Because of works such as babbitt, elmer gantry, and it cant happen here i along with many others decided to try writing novels. This powerful novel was written late in the career of. When the two fall for each other and dare to marry, the staid minnesota city where they live becomes a brushfire of gossip and rejection. It is a warm human story, a story of people everyone knows, of a community anyone could live in. Milt is a smalltown mechanic and garage owner, and claire is from long island and in the middle of a. A novel of husbands and wives by sinclair lewis available from rakuten kobo. Free air is the story of two young people, milt and claire.
A novel of husbands and wives by lewis, sinclair and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Cass timberlane 1945, a bestseller about american marriage, landed lewis on the cover of time magazine. Cass timberlane by sinclair lewis download free kindle. Vincent millay and goes my candle burns at both ends it will not last the night but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends it gives a lovely light. Support epubbooks by making a small paypal donation purchase. To certain aspects of any society he has always been, and is, insensitive. Dive deep into sinclair lewis cass timberlane with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of cass, bradd criley. Media in category cass timberlane the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Seller the hermitage bookshop, member abaa published 1945. The poem that cass timberlane recites at the picnic with virginia is first fig by edna st. The following is a time line of significant events in his life. This is by all odds the best book sinclair lewis has given us for many seasons.
Harry sinclair lewis was an american novelist, shortstory writer, and playwright. If you go with him, you must share experience as he sees it. Cass timberlane, by sinclair lewis chapter 10 the surprising objects that you see when you leave your own grand republic and go traveling pink snakes and polar bears are nothing beside what you find when you stay at home and have a new girl and meet her friends, whose resentment of you is only less than your amazement that there are. Arrowsmith 1999, czech mini series elmer gantry 1960, based on novel cass timberlane 1947, based on novel bongo 1947, based on short story fun and fancy free 1947, based on bongo this is the life 1944. Literature, literature, literature publisher random house. Almost everyone that reads the book loves the book. Harry sinclair lewis was born in sauk centre, minnesota, on february 7, 1885, the third son of edwin j. Judge cass timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, virginia marshland. Thinskinned himself, it is the coarse, the rough, the lacquered with insincerity that set his imagination. Cass timberlane, by sinclair lewis chapter 32 the timberlanes followed the ancient line of provincial tourists going to the capitals. Cass timberlane clip 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. His works are known for their insightful and critical views of american society. Cass timberlane by sinclair lewis, first edition abebooks. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cass timberlane. Read cass timberlane a novel of husbands and wives by sinclair lewis available from rakuten kobo. Visit the sinclair lewis listing at internet movie database for a more thorough listing of most of the movies and mini series. Condition endpapers slightly toned, else fine in near fine, faintly rubbed dust jacket with mild edgewear and three tiny closed tears, in. 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. Cass timberlane is a romantic drama film starring spencer tracy, lana turner and zachary scott, directed by george sidney, and released in november 1947. Lewiss timberlane is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 4 times. Cass timberlane is a romantic drama film starring spencer tracy, lana turner and zachary scott, directed by george sidney, and released in 1948. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Lewis, sinclair the american fear of literature nobel lecture, december 12, 1930 lingeman, richard r. A dreamer, at age he unsuccessfully ran away from home, wanting to become a drummer boy in the spanishamerican war. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sinclair lewis 18851951 time 22 jan 51 the internet movie database.
Cass timberlane 1947 george sidney, spencer tracy, lana. Sinclair lewis 1885 1951 sinclair lewis february 7, 1885 january 10, 1951 was an american novelist and playwright born harry sinclair lewis in sauk centre, minnesota, he began reading books at a young age and kept a diary. Lewis most affirmative vision of what he means by freedom is found in his novel free air, which was serialized in the saturday evening post in the spring of 1919, the year before main street and babbitt made him a household name. Platinumhaired jinny marshland is a tomboy from the other side of the tracks. Middleaged judge cass timberlane is a dutiful, dependable pillar of society. When the beautiful lana turner shows up in timberlanes court, the judge. Rebel from main street liukkonen, petri harry sinclair lewis 18851951 pegasos the hemisphere.
All our ebooks are free to download, but first you must sign in or create an account. Aslx008, cass timberlane, 1945, 261, 1055k, ebook, download pdf. Sinclair lewis biography life, story, history, wife. His father, grandfather, and older brother were all smalltown doctors.
A novel of husbands and wives by sinclair lewis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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. Cass timberlane by george sidney george sidney, spencer. Boeotians to athens, tatar caravans to tibet, artie and mrs. I have read 5 or 6 novels by sinclair lewis and i would say that cass timberlane was a bit below his. This novel was written late in the career of sinclair lewis, it explores themes of love, marriage, heartache, trust and. With spencer tracy, lana turner, zachary scott, tom drake. Harry sinclair lewis, nato a sauk centre in minnesota da edwin j. Americas first nobel prize in literature, sinclair lewis 1930. Cass timberlane is a novel written by sinclair lewis in 1945.
This perfunctory adaptation of sinclair lewis novel stars spencer tracy as cass timberlane, an aging minnesota judge. A visibly uneasy spencer tracy plays the title role in this lavish mgm screen version of sinclair lewis 1945 magazine serial. Personally, i liked it much better than it cant happen here, which is probably his most important book of recent years. You will find in cass timberlane italics most of sinclair lewis faults as an observer of life. Download cass timberlane study guide subscribe now. A smalltown bachelor judge, cass timberlane, takes a personal interest in beautiful stenographer jinny marshland lana turner, who appears one day as a witness in his court. While quarreling, the judge tells virginia to stay with bradd, but when she becomes sick he brings her home. Complete summary of sinclair lewis cass timberlane. A novel of husbands and wives by sinclair lewis, which was lewis nineteenth novel and one of his last.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. 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. Harry sinclair lewis february 7, 1885 january 10, 1951 was an american novelist, shortstory writer and playwright. Having said that i personally know noone who has read, will read or has ever even heard of the book.
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