Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell audiobook

Tobacco Road

By Erskine Caldwell
Read by John MacDonald

Blackstone Publishing, Blackstone Publishing

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781470886554

  • ISBN: 9780786199341

  • ISBN: 9781455155347

Runtime: 5.39 Hours
Category: Fiction/Classics
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear that they will one day descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them.

Caldwell’s skillful use of dialect and his plain style make the book one of the best examples of literary naturalism in contemporary American fiction. The novel was adapted as a successful play in 1933.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Caldwell displays a talent which is unique.” —New York Times
“A good many people will be shocked, but it is a story of force and beauty.” —New York Post
“Mr. Caldwell’s humor, like Mark Twain’s, has its source in an imagination that stirs the emotions of the reader.” —New York Herald Tribune
“An original, mature approach to people who ignore the civilization that contains them as completely as it ignores them.” —Nation
“Caldwell’s book is…well served by this classy performance, which manages to highlight the realism amid the rambunctiousness.” —AudioFile

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Author

Author Bio: Erskine Caldwell

Author Bio: Erskine Caldwell

Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987) was an American author known for his writings about poverty, racism, and social problems in his native South. As one of the first authors to be published in mass-market paperback editions, he is a key figure in the history of American publishing. Three of his books were made into movies, and the stage adaption of Tobacco Road made American theater history when it ran for seven-and-a-half years on Broadway.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction/Classics
Runtime: 5.39
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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