Length10h 13m
About this audiobook
The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage. The story takes place in the early 1900-1920s and takes Una from a small Pennsylvania town to New York. Forced to work due to family illness, Una shows a talent for the traditional male bastion of commercial real estate and, while valued by her company, she struggles to achieve the same status of her male coworkers. On a parallel track, her quest for traditional romance and love is important but her unique role as a working woman, doing a man's job, makes it tough to find an appropriate suitor. Una is on track to marry Walter Babson, who appears to be a good man but lacks the excitement of her eventual husband, Edward Schwirtz. He is a salesman with all the charm necessary to win her heart, but the marriage is doomed from the start. Una eventually determines to divorce him, which is also scandalous for the time. As the book closes, Una emerges triumphant in both her career and her personal life. The novel was published before Lewis achieved any significant fame and provides insights on working women as well as the unique nature (for the time) of having a woman as the lead character.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor
Length10 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Part I THE CITY
14CHAPTER XII
2CHAPTER I
15CHAPTER XIII
3CHAPTER II
16CHAPTER XIV
4CHAPTER III
17CHAPTER XV
5CHAPTER IV
18Part III MAN AND WOMAN
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6CHAPTER V
19CHAPTER XVI
7CHAPTER VI
20CHAPTER XVII
8CHAPTER VII
21CHAPTER XVIII
9CHAPTER VIII
22CHAPTER XIX
10Part II THE OFFICE
23CHAPTER XX
11CHAPTER IX
24CHAPTER XXI
12CHAPTER X
25CHAPTER XXII
13CHAPTER XI
26CHAPTER XXIII
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