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An edition of On The Road (1957)

On the Road

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Described as everything from a "last gasp" of romantic fiction to a founding text of the Beat Generation movement, this story amounts to a nonfiction novel (as critics were later to describe some works). Unpublished writer buddies wander from coast to coast in search of whatever they find, eager for experience. Kerouac's spokesman is Sal Paradise (himself) and real-life friend Neal Casady appears as Dean Moriarty.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
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280

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Beat generation, Fiction, Autobiographical fiction, Beat generation in literature, History and criticism, American Autobiographical fiction, Literature, Classic Literature, Beat generation -- Fiction, Beats (Persons), Bohemianism, Drugs, Jazz, Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literature: Classics, Classics, Fiction / Literary, Page proofs (Printing), Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES, American fiction (fictional works by one author), English language, Study guides, Examinations, Beats (Persons) in literature, New York Times reviewed, Criticism and interpretation, On the road (Kerouac, Jack), Beatniks, Romans, nouvelles, American fiction, Translations into Chinese, American literature, Literary, Audio - Fiction - General, Audio Adult: Books On Tape, General

People

Jack Kerouac, Neal Casady, Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

Places

United States

Times

1950s USA

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On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
August 2008, Penguin classics
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On the road: the original scroll
2007, Viking
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On the road
2007, Viking
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Zai lu shang: On the road
2006, Shanghai yi wen chu ban she
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On the Road
2000, Penguin Books
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March 1, 1998, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH
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On the road
1997, Viking
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Sur la route
August 27, 1997, Gallimard
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On the road
1976, Penguin Books
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On the road
1975, Buccaneer Books
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Book Details

First Sentence

"I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up."

Table of Contents

Introduction by Ann Charters. vii
Suggestions for Further Reading. xxxi
On the Road. 1

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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London, New York
Series
Penguin Modern Classics, #475

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3521.E735 .O5 1991

Contributors

Introduction
Ann Charters

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xxxii, 280 p. ;
Number of pages
280

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OL22464055M
ISBN 10
0141182679
ISBN 13
9780141182674
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2552

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