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Of time and the river; a legend of man's hunger in his youth

by: Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938

Publication date: 1935

Topics: Young men -- United States -- Fiction, Young men, Autobiographical -- Fiction, France -- Fiction, England -- Fiction, England, France, United States, Young men United States Fiction

Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

7 preliminary leaves, 3-912 pages 22 cm

The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe

"First printing, February, 1935 ... third printing, March, 1935."

"This novel is the second in a series of six ... The title of the whole work, when complete, will be the same as that of the present book, 'Of time and the river.' [The first in the series was published under title: Look homeward, angel]"--Publisher's note

Sequel to: Look homeward angel

Orestes: Flight before fury -- Young Faustus -- Telemachus -- Proteus: The city -- Jason's voyage -- Antaeus: Earth again -- Kronos and Rhea: The dream of time -- Faust and Helen