On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100140283293
- ISBN-139780140283297
- LibraryThing3207
- Goodreads3766
- Open LibraryOL7352235M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3521.E735 O5345 1996
Description
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 Unpublished writer buddies wander from coast to coast in search of whatever they find, eager for experience.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.
First Sentence
FIRST MET DEAN not long after my wife and I split up.
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