An edition of On The Road (1957)

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On the road
Jack Kerouac, Jack Kerouac
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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 Unpublished writer buddies wander from coast to coast in search of whatever they find, eager for experience.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
Pages
307

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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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Cover of: On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
August 2008, Penguin classics
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Cover of: On the road
On the road
2007, Viking
in English - 50th anniversary ed
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On the road: the original scroll
2007, Viking
in English
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Zai lu shang: On the road
2006, Shanghai yi wen chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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On the road
2005, Penguin Books
in English
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Unterwegs
March 1, 1998, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH
Paperback in German
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On the road
1997, Viking
in English
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Sur la route
August 27, 1997, Gallimard
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On the road
1976, Penguin Books
in English
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On the road
1975, Buccaneer Books
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On the road
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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Viking, 1957.

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Series
Penguin essential editions
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3521.E735 O5 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
307 p. ;
Number of pages
307

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23100017M
ISBN 10
0143036386
ISBN 13
9780143036388
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3207
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2551

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December 17, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
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