Richard Yates

This is the "Address of the Hon. Richard Yates," delivered in 1866. Richard Yates was a prominent political figure during the American Civil War, serving as the Governor of Illinois from 1861 to 1865 and later as a U.S. Senator. This address likely reflects on the significant events and challenges of the Civil War era. It offers insights into the political discourse and perspectives of the time. Yates's unique vantage point as a wartime governor provides valuable commentary on the strategies, sacrifices, and sentiments that shaped the nation during this tumultuous period. For historians, students, and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of the Civil War, this address provides primary source material that illuminates the political landscape and the enduring impact of the conflict on American society. It stands as a testament to the leadership and rhetoric that guided the nation through its most profound crisis. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Revolutionary Road utspiller seg i USA midt på 50-tallet. Frank og April Wheeler har bosatt seg i Revolutionary Road, en idyllisk gate i en forstad til New York. Han pendler til jobben i markedsavdelingen i et stort kontormaskinfirma, mens hun er hjemmeværende med to små barn. Både Frank og April har hatt store forventninger til livet - han skulle bli forfatter, hun skuespiller. De skulle leve som moderne intellektuelle, og nå er de fanget i et småborgerlig liv med vennemiddager, kjedsomhet og krangler. Men da April kommer med det revolusjonerende forslaget at de skal flytte til Paris, der hun skal forsørge dem og Frank skal finne seg selv, åpnes nye avgrunner. Revolutionary Road ble mottatt som en litterær sensasjon da den utkom i 1961. I dag er den en moderne amerikansk klassiker. «En fantastisk roman, like aktuell i dag som da den ble skrevet!» GABRIEL VOSGRAFF MORO, VG "til de av dere som ikke har lest Richard Yates før, kan jeg bare si: Jeg misunner dere" TERJE THORSEN, DAGBLADET "Yates fremstår like kraftfull, slående og medrivende som han må ha gjort da han rev kritikerne med seg og var nær ved å få National Book Award for debutromanen ... forbløffende og intens" LEIF EKLE, NRK P2 "Min tids Store Gatsby ... en av de beste bøkene fra en i min generasjon" KURT VONNEGUT «Realisme, naturalisme, samfunnssatire - de vanlige kritikerkategoriene - kommer alle til kort overfor denne strålende boken» RICHARD FORD

In "The Easter Parade," first published in 1976, we meet sisters Sarah and Emily Grimes when they are still the children of divorced parents. We observe the sisters over four decades, watching them grow into two very different women. Sarah is stable and stalwart, settling into an unhappy marriage. Emily is precocious and independent, struggling with one unsatisfactory love affair after another. Richard Yates's classic novel is about how both women struggle to overcome their tarnished family's past, and how both finally reach for some semblance of renewal.

Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American fiction as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, A Good School tells the stories of William Grove, the quiet boy who becomes an editor of the school newspaper; Jack Draper, a crippled chemistry teacher; and Edith Stone, the schoolmaster's young daughter, who falls in love with most celebrated boy in the class of 1943.

Året er 1955. Frank og April Wheeler bor i et nydeligt lille hus for enden af Revolutionary Road i et helt nyt forstadskvarter i Connecticut. Frank pendler til New York og sit kontorjob hver dag. April går hjemme hos børnene. De føler sig begge hævet over forstadslivets forudsigelighed og drømmer sig tilbage til bohemetiden i Greenwich Village, hvor de forelskede sig i hinanden, og April kaldte Frank den mest interessante person, hun nogensinde havde mødt.April har altid forestillet sig en fremtid, hvor hun var omgivet af lysende smukke og interessante mennesker, og Frank har ladet hende tro, at hun kunne opnå det gennem ham. Da hun foreslår, at de skal bryde op og flytte til Paris, så Frank endelig kan frigøre sin fangede kunstnersjæl, mens hun forsørger familien, tager uafvendelige begivenheder fart.Richard Yates beskriver med en hjerteskærende indsigt og klarhed, hvordan gode mennesker som Frank og April Wheeler svigter ikke bare hinanden, men også det bedste i sig selv.

From one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed author of Revolutionary Road, comes the story of a mother who struggles with her own demons while her son goes to fight in Europe, hoping to become his own man. "Like Breakfast At Tiffany's spliced with All Quiet On The Western Front. Impossible to paraphrase, wonderful to read." --Zadie Smith, bestselling author of White Teeth Robert Prentice has spent all his life attempting to escape his mother's stifling presence. His mother, Alice, for her part, is attempting to realize her dreams of prosperity and success as a sculptor. As Robert goes off to fight in Europe, Richard Yates portrays a soldier in the depths of war striving to live up to his heroic ideals. With haunting clarity, Yates crafts an unforgettable portrait of two people who cannot help but hope for more even as life challenges them both.