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.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor
Length9 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I MISS BOLTWOOD OF BROOKLYN IS LOST IN THE MUD
18CHAPTER XVIII THE FALLACY OF ROMANCE
2CHAPTER II CLAIRE ESCAPES FROM RESPECTABILITY
19CHAPTER XIX THE NIGHT OF ENDLESS PINES
3CHAPTER III A YOUNG MAN IN A RAINCOAT
20CHAPTER XX THE FREE WOMAN
4CHAPTER IV A ROOM WITHOUT
21CHAPTER XXI THE MINE OF LOST SOULS
5CHAPTER V RELEASE BRAKES—SHIFT TO THIRD
22CHAPTER XXII ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
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6CHAPTER VI THE LAND OF BILLOWING CLOUDS
23CHAPTER XXIII THE GRAEL IN A BACK YARD IN YAKIMA
7CHAPTER VII THE GREAT AMERICAN FRYING PAN
24CHAPTER XXIV HER OWN PEOPLE
8CHAPTER VIII THE DISCOVERY OF CANNED SHRIMPS AND HESPERIDES
25CHAPTER XXV THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE
9CHAPTER IX THE MAN WITH AGATE EYES
26CHAPTER XXVI A CLASS IN ENGINEERING AND OMELETS
10CHAPTER X THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE HILLSIDE ROAD
27CHAPTER XXVII THE VICIOUSNESS OF NICE THINGS
11CHAPTER XI SAGEBRUSH TOURISTS OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY
28CHAPTER XXVIII THE MORNING COAT OF MR. HUDSON B. RIGGS
12CHAPTER XII THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS
29CHAPTER XXIX THE ENEMY LOVE
13CHAPTER XIII ADVENTURERS BY FIRELIGHT
30CHAPTER XXX THE VIRTUOUS PLOTTERS
14CHAPTER XIV THE BEAST OF THE CORRAL
31CHAPTER XXXI THE KITCHEN INTIMATE
15CHAPTER XV THE BLACK DAY OF THE VOYAGE
32CHAPTER XXXII THE CORNFIELD ARISTOCRAT
16CHAPTER XVI THE SPECTACLES OF AUTHORITY
33CHAPTER XXXIII TOOTH-MUG TEA
17CHAPTER XVII THE VAGABOND IN GREEN
34CHAPTER XXXIV THE BEGINNING OF A STORY
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