Author: LEWIS, SINCLAIR
Title: The Job
Description: London, Jonathan Cape. 1933. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown titles on light brown cloth boards, spine slightly dulled else very clean. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Re-issued in the 'Florin Books' of uniform volume series. The third novel by the first American author (1885-1951) to win the Nobel Prize for literature. An early work by the author, it is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. Focusing on the main character, Una Golden, her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage. The story takes place in the early 1900-1920's 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 co-workers. 11. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Nobel Laureate


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