Delphi Collected Works of John Dos Passos (Illustrated)

John Dos Passos

Oct 2023 · Delphi Series Fourteen Book 2 · Delphi Classics

About this ebook

One of the major novelists of the post-World War I lost generation, John Dos Passos established a reputation as a social historian and radical critic of American life. His experimental novels are written in non-linear form, blending elements of biography, song lyrics and news reports to portray a vibrant tapestry landscape of early twentieth-century American culture. This eBook presents Dos Passos’ collected works (the most complete possible in the US), with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dos Passos’ life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 8 novels in the US public domain, with individual contents tables
* Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including the unfinished novel ‘Century’s Ebb’
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The play ‘The Garbage Man’ and Dos Passos’ poetry — available in no other collection
* Includes a wide selection of Dos Passos’ non-fiction
* Features the seminal autobiography ‘The Best Times’ – discover the author’s literary life
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, seven novels (including the U.S.A. trilogy) cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.

CONTENTS:

The Novels
One Man’s Initiation — 1917 (1920)
Three Soldiers (1921)
Streets of Night (1923)
Manhattan Transfer (1925)
Chosen Country (1951)
The Great Days (1958)
Midcentury (1961)
Century’s Ebb (1975)

The Play
The Garbage Man (1926)

The Poetry
Poems from ‘Eight Harvard Poets’ (1917)
A Pushcart at the Curb (1922)

The Non-Fiction
Rosinante to the Road Again (1922)
Facing the Chair (1927)
Orient Express (1927)
The Men Who Made the Nation (1957)
Mr. Wilson’s War (1962)
Brazil on the Move (1963)
The Portugal Story (1969)
Easter Island (1970)

The Autobiography
The Best Times (1966)