Dodsworth (Signet classics) [Paperback]

Sinclair Lewis (Author)

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• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Signet Classics (February 1, 1967)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451521773
• ISBN-13: 978-0451521774
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,472,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A STUDY OF A FAILING MARRIAGE AND A MAN IN MID-LIFE CRISIS, October 5, 1999

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This review is from: Dodsworth (Signet classics) (Paperback)

DODSWORTH IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF A FAILING MARRIAGE AND THE HUSBAND'S EMOTIONAL CRISIS AS HE FACES THIS FACT - AND THAT OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM INDUSTRY. SAM DODSWORTH IS A SELF MADE INDUSTRIALIST - SUCCESSFUL AND WEALTHY IN HIS HOME TOWN OF ZENITH, USA. ENCOURAGED BY HIS WIFE OF OVER 20 YEARS, HE RETIRES AND AGREES TO ACCOMPANY HER ON A LONG TOUR OF EUROPE - PERHAPS TO EVEN EVENTUALLY LIVE THERE. HIS WIFE, YOUNGER THAN HIM AND BORED BY THE PROVINCIALISM OF ZENITH, HER HUSBAND, AND THE LACK OF GLAMOUR AND ROMANCE IN HER LIFE, IS HOPING TO FIND A NEW EXCITING LIFE ABROAD. SHE IS SEEKING GLITZ AND HIGH-SOCIETY. IN EUROPE, SAM FACES AN EMOTIONAL CRISIS AS HIS MARRIAGE CRUMBLES, HIS WIFE LEAVES HIM FOR ANOTHER MAN, AND HE DISCOVERS HIS WIFE'S CONCEALED HOSTILITY TOWARDS HIM AS A BUMBLING, CRUDE, CLOD - A MAN LACKING THE CLASS AND STYLE OF THE SUAVE EUROPEAN MEN SHE MEETS AND ADMIRES. SAM ALSO, DUE TO HIS RETIREMENT, LOSES HIS IDENTITY AS A SUCCESSFUL, AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIST. THE BOOK EXAMINES THIS MIDDLE-AGED MAN IN CRISIS, ATTEMPTING TO DISCOVER HOW HE WILL LIVE THE REST OF HIS LIFE. AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY, THE BOOK IS EXTREMELY INSIGHTFUL AND ABSORBING. HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE BOOK IS TAKEN UP WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 'SIGHTS AND PLACES' ABROAD, AND IDLE CHIT-CHAT COMPARING EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS. THESE PARTS, I FOUND TO BE LESS INTERESTING, THAN THE STUDY OF SAM AND HOW HE WILL COPE WITH THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

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