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Revolutionary Road is the debut novel by the American author Richard Yates. It was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962, along with Catch-22 and The Moviegoer.
Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award, while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce.
Revolutionary Road (released December 31, 1961) is author Richard Yates's debut novel. Set in 1955, the novel focuses on the hopes and aspirations of Frank and April Wheeler, self-assured Connecticut suburbanites who see themselves as very different from their neighbors in the Revolutionary Hill Estates.
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Full Title: Revolutionary Road When Written: 1955-1960 Where Written: Mahopac, New York When Published: 1961 Literary Period: Contemporary Realism Genre: Novel Setting: Western Connecticut, New York City Climax: Frank discovers a rubber syringe in the linen closet and confronts April, who declares that he cannot stop her from inducing an abortion.
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In his introduction to this edition, novelist Richard Ford pays homage to the lasting influence and enduring power of Revolutionary Road.
