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The Web and the Root (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) Kindle Edition

by Thomas Wolfe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A man journeys from a small town to the big city in this prequel to the classic You Can’t Go Home Again.

Shortly before his death in 1938 at a tragically young age, author Thomas Wolfe presented his editor with an epic masterwork that was subsequently published as three separate novels: You Can’t Go Home Again, The Hills Beyond, and The Web and the Rock.

The Web and the Root features the three initial sections of the The Web and the Rock, widely considered to be the book’s strongest material. A prequel to You Can’t Go Home Again, with strong autobiographical undertones, it is the story of George Webber’s momentous journey from Libya Falls, North Carolina, to the Golden City of the North—offering vivid, sometimes cutting depictions of rural pleasures and small-town clannishness while exploring boundless urban possibility and the complex, violent undercurrents of the metropolis.

“Among his and my contemporaries, I ranked Wolfe first.” —William Faulkner

“The only contemporary writer who can be mentioned in the same breath as Dickens and Dostoevsky.” —The New Republic
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  1. Print length
    370 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    HarperCollins e-books
  4. Publication date
    July 23, 2009
  5. File size
    1.6 MB
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“Wolfe wrote as one inspired. No one of his generation had his command of language, his passion, his energy.”

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One of the most important American writers of his generation, Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) was born in Asheville, North Carolina. His other novels include Of Time and the River and Look Homeward, Angel.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002IPZDOS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books; 1st edition (July 23, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 23, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0061579556
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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  • Seriously Though
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2020
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    Great book
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  • transargonaut
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Paperback Edition of An Even Better Book!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2014
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    First off: there is only one reason I cannot give this book 5 stars, and that is because Thomas Wolfe's original publication, "The Web and The Rock" is twice as long. (This addition is 346 pages; the original is 695.) Perhaps because the next story, "You Can't Go Home Again," presents a more linear narrative the publishers decided to trim this prequel down into a paperback edition. The book is great, but for me--an avid fan of Thomas Wolfe--getting the entire story takes priority.

    Here's my advice: if you are new to Thomas Wolfe, go ahead and read this book. It is full of his vivid prose and you will be richly rewarded. On the other hand, if you have already read "O Lost" or "You Can't Go Home Again," then go ahead and hunt down a copy of the original "The Web and The Rock." I'm glad I did.
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  • Ellie Kincaid
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book- super packaging!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2017
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    Thomas Wolfe- what can I say! Fabulous book, it was in great condition.
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  • mobius knots
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015
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  • Mark Shanks
    3.0 out of 5 stars They got the TITLE wrong!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2010
    For crying out loud, it's The Web and the ROCK. How could they screw THAT up?

    That said, this is more of a slog than anything else Wolfe wrote, and I am at a loss to understand why he spent time on what essentially is an inferior rewrite of Look Homeward, Angel. Instead of Eugene Gant, we have an apelike George Webber. To be fair, The Web and the Rock, as well as You Can't Go Home Again, weren't meant by Wolfe to be stand-alone novels - they were posthumously edited out of a much larger manuscript titled The October Fair. But I would MUCH rather have Of Time and the River than both of the posthumous works together. If you haven't read Look Homeward, Angel, please skip this entirely. And if you've finished both Angel and Of Time and the River, start this one only if you really feel the need, because I was quite disappointed.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2021
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    Nearly finished the book. A good addition to my Wolfe collection of books. It arrived swiftly and the condition was better than I expected. Thank you seller.
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  • Trisha DiNoia
    1.0 out of 5 stars The Title is WRONG!!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2020
    How in the world can anyone screw up the title of a classic novel and get away with it!
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