Dodsworth
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
An early reprint, published same year as the Harcourt, Brace & Co. first edition. Reddish-orange cloth with black lettering on spine. No dustjacket. Boards are square and in good shape with wear at head and foot of spine. Previous owner name neatly printed in top corner of front flyleaf. Interior is clean and without additonal markings. Basis for the Academy Award winning 1936 film directed by William Wyler, and starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor and David Niven. One year after the publication of this book, Sinclair Lewis became the first American awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Carefully packaged and shipped in a cardboard box.
Synopsis
First published in 1929, Dodsworth tells the story of a well-to-do American couple, Sam and Fran, who move to Europe and learn that they don't have much in common. When the woman becomes involved with another man and falls into the spell of romantic Europe, her husband must choose between forgiving his wife or abandoning the relationship and returning to America alone.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Linden Avenue Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10071
- Title
- Dodsworth
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 377
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, Books into Film
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Books into Film; Literature;
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