City life, careers, and coming of age

16 books

ArrowsmithSinclair Lewis · 1925A 1925 novel by Sinclair Lewis about Martin Arrowsmith, a boy from a small Midwestern town who, inspired by an alcoholic country doctor, pursues an education in medicine and scientific research.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

BabbittSinclair Lewis · 1922A 1922 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis following George F. Babbitt, a prosperous middle-aged real estate agent in the midwestern city of Zenith, as he goes about his conventional daily life as a businessman, husband, and father.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Erik DornBen Hecht · 1921A 1921 novel by Ben Hecht about Erik Dorn, an emotionally empty Chicago journalist and editor who observes life as a detached spectacle, living through words and surface impressions while his aging father Isaac Dorn faces the approach of death.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Martin EdenJack London · 1909A 1909 novel by Jack London about Martin Eden, a rough young sailor from a working-class background who is introduced to his friend Arthur's refined family, including Arthur's sister Ruth, and awakens to a yearning for books, beauty, and self-improvement.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Play the Game!Ruth Comfort Mitchell · 1921A 1921 novel by Ruth Comfort Mitchell about Honor Carmody, a spirited, tomboyish teenage girl in Los Angeles who prefers boys' company and wants to attend the public high school with her friends, while her mother and writer stepfather debate her upbringing.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Spring Street A Story of Los AngelesJames Hugh Richardson · 1924A novel first published in serial form in the Los Angeles Evening Herald, this 1924 work follows John Gallant, a young Los Angeles man who, after his father's death, turns to prizefighting to pay funeral debts while supporting his mother.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Stover at YaleOwen Johnson · 1912A 1912 novel by Owen Johnson following Dink Stover, a confident recent prep school graduate, as he arrives at Yale as a freshman, eager to prove himself and compete for leadership, football success, and social standing among his classmates.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The "Genius"Theodore Dreiser · 1915A 1915 novel by Theodore Dreiser following Eugene Witla, a sensitive, artistic young man from a small Illinois town, as he leaves home with ambitions in art and dreams of city life and love.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Angel of the TenementGeorge Madden Martin · 1912A 1912 children's novel by George Madden Martin about a three-year-old girl named Angel who is abandoned in a tenement boarding house and taken in by its colorful residents, including a chorus lady and an Irish washerwoman, as they try to learn what became of her mother.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The CricketMarjorie Benton Cooke · 1919A 1919 illustrated novel by Marjorie Benton Cooke about Isabelle, a headstrong young girl deemed difficult and unloved by her wealthy, self-absorbed parents, beginning with her refusal to attend her own birthday party.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Guarded HeightsWadsworth Camp · 1919A 1919 novel by Wadsworth Camp following George Morton, a young groom hired by a wealthy estate owner to accompany his daughter Sylvia on rides, as the ambitious stableman's son grows infatuated with her and dreams of rising beyond his station.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The MuckerEdgar Rice Burroughs · 1922A 1922 adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs that follows Billy Byrne, a street tough and petty criminal from Chicago's West Side who trains as a prizefighter, an early incident that later changes the course of his life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway · 1926A 1926 novel narrated by Jake Barnes, opening with a portrait of his friend Robert Cohn, a Princeton boxer turned novelist living in Paris with the woman Frances who hopes to marry him, set among American expatriates in postwar Europe.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of LifeSinclair Lewis · 1915Sinclair Lewis's comedy explores the restlessness of young Carl Ericson in 1915 Minnesota. He longs to leave his boring farm life to pursue the romance of the great world beyond the hills.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

This Side of ParadiseF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920A 1920 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald following Amory Blaine, a privileged boy raised by his wealthy, eccentric mother, as he grows up amid wealth, travel, and an unconventional education. The book traces his development from self-absorbed youth toward maturity.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Tutors' LaneW. S. Lewis · 1922A 1922 novel by W. S. Lewis set at Woodbridge College, a small New England school, following Tom Reynolds, a young English instructor living among the faculty of Tutors' Lane. The story explores academic life and love kept decorously under control.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية