Length9h 4m
About this audiobook
Free Air is a 1919 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. From a critical perspective, Free Air is consistent with Sinclair Lewis's lean towards egalitarian politics, which he displays in his other works (most notably in It Can't Happen Here). Examples of his politics in Free Air are found in Lewis's emphasis on the heroic role played by the book's protagonist, Milt Dagget, a working class everyman type. Conversely, Lewis presents nearly every upper-class character in Claire Boltwood's world (including her railroad-mogul father) as snobby elitists. The story also champions the democratic nature of the automobile versus the more aristocratic railroad travel. Lewis's emphasis on the freedom which automobiles would eventually give the working and middle classes bolsters the egalitarian, democratic aesthetic. Free Air is one of the first novels about the road trip, a subject around which the Beats (most notably Jack Kerouac) would build a cult following in the mid-20th century.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor
Length9 hrs 4 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I MISS BOLTWOOD OF BROOKLYN IS LOST IN THE MUD
2CHAPTER II CLAIRE ESCAPES FROM RESPECTABILITY
3CHAPTER III A YOUNG MAN IN A RAINCOAT
4CHAPTER IV A ROOM WITHOUT
5CHAPTER V RELEASE BRAKES—SHIFT TO THIRD
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6CHAPTER VI THE LAND OF BILLOWING CLOUDS
7CHAPTER VII THE GREAT AMERICAN FRYING PAN
8CHAPTER VIII THE DISCOVERY OF CANNED SHRIMPS AND HESPERIDES
9CHAPTER IX THE MAN WITH AGATE EYES
10CHAPTER X THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE HILLSIDE ROAD
11CHAPTER XI SAGEBRUSH TOURISTS OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY
12CHAPTER XII THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS
13CHAPTER XIII ADVENTURERS BY FIRELIGHT
14CHAPTER XIV THE BEAST OF THE CORRAL
15CHAPTER XV THE BLACK DAY OF THE VOYAGE
16CHAPTER XVI THE SPECTACLES OF AUTHORITY
17CHAPTER XVII THE VAGABOND IN GREEN
18CHAPTER XVIII THE FALLACY OF ROMANCE
19CHAPTER XIX THE NIGHT OF ENDLESS PINES
20CHAPTER XX THE FREE WOMAN
21CHAPTER XXI THE MINE OF LOST SOULS
22CHAPTER XXII ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
23CHAPTER XXIII THE GRAEL IN A BACK YARD IN YAKIMA
24CHAPTER XXIV HER OWN PEOPLE
25CHAPTER XXV THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE
26CHAPTER XXVI A CLASS IN ENGINEERING AND OMELETS
27CHAPTER XXVII THE VICIOUSNESS OF NICE THINGS
28CHAPTER XXVIII THE MORNING COAT OF MR. HUDSON B. RIGGS
29CHAPTER XXIX THE ENEMY LOVE
30CHAPTER XXX THE VIRTUOUS PLOTTERS
31CHAPTER XXXI THE KITCHEN INTIMATE
32CHAPTER XXXII THE CORNFIELD ARISTOCRAT
33CHAPTER XXXIII TOOTH-MUG TEA
34CHAPTER XXXIV THE BEGINNING OF A STORY
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