The Harbor - Couverture rigide

Poole, Ernest

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1432616536 ISBN 13 : 9781432616533

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The Harbor is a novel written by Ernest Poole. The story is set in the early 20th century and follows the life of a young man named Alec Ward who moves to New York City to work in the shipping industry. Alec is determined to make a name for himself and become successful, but he soon realizes that the world of business is filled with corruption and greed.As Alec navigates his way through the cutthroat world of shipping, he becomes involved in a love triangle with two women: Nan and Hetty. Nan is a wealthy socialite who Alec is initially attracted to, but he soon realizes that she is shallow and materialistic. Hetty, on the other hand, is a working-class woman who shares Alec's values and dreams.The Harbor explores themes of social class, capitalism, and the American Dream. It depicts the struggles and sacrifices that individuals must make in order to achieve success in a society that is often unfair and unjust. The novel is a poignant portrayal of the human condition and the challenges that people face when trying to find their place in the world.1915. Poole worked as a journalist where he campaigned for social reforms including an end to child labor. On the outbreak of the First World War he worked as a war correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post. The Harbor is his novel about trade unions. The book begins: You chump, I thought contemptuously. I was seven years old at the time, and the gentleman to whom I referred was Henry Ward Beecher. What is was that aroused my contempt for the man will be fore fully understood if I tell first of the grudge I bore him.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ernest Poole's bestselling, muckraking classic about the plight of the worker.

 

The best-known novel by the winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Ernest Poole's The Harbor was published in 1915 to instant acclaim and remains his most important book. At the heart of the story is Billy, an aspiring writer who struggles to reconcile his sympathy for workers with his middle-class allegiance to capitalist progress. As Billy comes of age on the New York waterfront, an eyewitness to explosive tensions between labor and capital that culminate in a violent strike, he learns to embrace socialism as the solution to the harbor's seething injustices. This novel, one of the most direct literary treatments of class warfare, is a valuable social history and a powerful testament to Poole's legendary talent.

Revue de presse

"Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Frank Norris’s The Octopus and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath are still readable and powerful enough to move the reader, but most other examples of American protest fiction must be soldiered through. To the small company of exceptions should be added The Harbor itself, by Ernest Poole, which Penguin Classics has rescued from oblivion." — Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1432616536
• ISBN 13: 9781432616533
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 396
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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