This new edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova, author of The Historian. Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, continuing the story of Eugene Gant, is also now available in Penguin Classics.
INDEX A С Aaron , Daniel 104 Adams , Walter S. 92 Alger , Horatio 5 “ Amazing New Novel is Realistic Story of Asheville People ” ( Adams ) 92 The Anatomy of Melancholy ( Burton ) 80 “ An Angel on the Porch ” ( Wolfe ) 1 , 34 , 72 The ...
The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19.
It gave the world proof of his genius and launched a powerful legacy. The novel follows the trajectory of Eugene Gant, a brilliant and restless young man whose wanderlust and passion shape his adolescent years in rural North Carolina.
Look Homeward, Angel: A Comedy-drama in Three Acts
This eBook edition of "Look Homeward, Angel" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is an American coming-of-age story.
A Southern family with a great appetite for living is dominated by the father until an older son, Eugene, is able to free himself from his rural North Carolina hometown to seek the challenges of an Ivy League education and big city life.
This novel, Wolfe's stupendous and panoramic vision of America, autobiographical in character, "describes the childhood and youth of Eugene Gant in the imaginary town of Altamont, state of Catawba (said to be Asherville, N.C.), as he grows ...
The classic first novel from one of America's greatest men of letters "I don't know yet what I am capable of doing," wrote Thomas Wolfe at the age of...
Thomas Wolfe's classic coming-of-age novel, first published in 1929, is a work of epic grandeur, evoking a time and place with extraordinary lyricism and precision. Set in Altamont, North Carolina,...
Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life ; with an Introduction by Maxwell E. Perkins
In the book, he renamed the town Altamont and called the boarding house "Dixieland." His family was fictionalized under the name Gant, with Wolfe calling himself Eugene, his father Oliver, and his mother Eliza.
Set in Altamont, North Carolina, this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a restless young man who longs to escape his tumultuous family and his small town existence.
Look Homeward, Angel