Thomas Wolfe is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His books, written and published from the 1920s to the 1940s, vividly reflect on American culture and the mores of that period, filtered through Wolfe's sensitive, sophisticated, and hyper-analytical perspective.'Thomas Wolfe: Complete Works' contains:NOVELSLook Homeward, AngelOf Time and the ...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works...

Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was a major American novelist of the early 20th century.Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works and novellas. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His books, written and published from the 1920s to the 1940s, vividly reflect on American culture and mores of the period, albeit filtered through Wolfe's sensitive, s...

"Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going." Thomas Wolfe's Of Time and the River is a monumental work of American literature—a sweeping, lyrical, and deeply human novel that captures the restless energy of youth, the ache of ambition, and the passage of time. Serving as the sequel to Look Homeward, Angel, this semi-autobiographical epic continues the story of Eugene Gant, a young man leaving his Southern hometown to pursue knowledge, love, and fulfillment ...

Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe is about a young man’s burning desire to leave his small town and tumultuous family in search of a better life, in 1929. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American coming-of-age story. 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. The setting is the fictional town and state of Altamont, Ca...

Contents:- Prologue by the editor.- The Complete Novels by Jane Austen.- The Father Brown's Collection by G.K. Chesterton.- The Complete Works of Thomas Wolfe.- The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.- The Complete Works of Thomas Hardy.- The Complete Works of Plato.- The Complete Works of George Eliot.

Of Time and the River (subtitled A Legend of Man's Hunger in his Youth) is a 1935 novel by American author Thomas Wolfe. It is a fictionalized autobiography, using the name Eugene Gant for Wolfe's, detailing the protagonist's early and mid-twenties, during which time the character attends Harvard University, moves to New York City and teaches English at a university there, and travels overseas with the character Francis Starwick. Francis Starwick was based on Wolfe's friend, playwright Ken...

What does it mean to leave home, discover oneself, and find a place in the world? In Of Time and the River, Thomas Wolfe follows the continuing journey of Eugene Gant, an aspiring writer searching for identity, experience, and artistic purpose. Set against the changing landscapes of America and Europe, the novel explores Eugene's development as he encounters new people, places, relationships, and ideas. His journey becomes both a physical and emotional search for meaning as he struggles wi...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

This autobiographical novel captures the coming-of-age of Eugene Gant, a sensitive and gifted young man growing up in a small town in North Carolina. Wolfe's lyrical prose paints a vivid portrait of family complexities, personal longing, and the search for identity. Spanning themes of love, loss, and self-discovery, the novel is celebrated for its rich language and deeply introspective exploration of the American experience.

In "Of Time and the River," Thomas Wolfe crafts a sprawling narrative that explores the complexities of identity, time, and the human experience. This semi-autobiographical novel, a sequel to his earlier work "Look Homeward, Angel," is characterized by Wolfe's signature lyrical prose and an impressionistic style that captures the rhythms of thought and memory. The narrative meanders through the protagonist's journey from his youth in North Carolina to his struggles in the artistic maelstro...

A large family with a great appetite for living is dominated by the father until an older son, Gant, is able to free himself.