Hey Rub-a-dub-dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life by Dreiser

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Author Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
LoC No. 20002927
Title Hey Rub-a-dub-dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life
Original Publication United States: Boni and Liverlight,1920.
Note Reading ease score: 57.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Contents Hey rub-a-dub-dub -- Change -- Some aspects of our national character -- The dream -- The American financier -- The toil of the laborer -- Personality -- A counsel to perfection -- Neurotic America and the sex impulse -- Secrecy: its value -- Ideals, morals, and the daily newspaper -- Equation inevitable -- Phantasmagoria -- Ashtoreth -- The reformer -- Marriage and divorce -- More democracy or less? An inquiry -- The essential tragedy of life -- Life, art and America -- The court of progress.
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Summary "Hey Rub-a-dub-dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life" by Theodore Dreiser is a collection of reflective essays written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the complexities of human existence, exploring themes of poverty, morality, and societal contradictions as seen through the eyes of a contemplative narrator. The narrative voice grapples with personal inadequacies and observations of those around him, particularly focusing on the dissonance between aspiration and reality in American life. The opening of the book introduces the narrator, who reflects on his life at the age of forty, living in a shabby neighborhood across the river from New York City. He describes his struggles with poverty, his attempts at being a writer, and his natural curiosity about the world, which leads him to question the societal values he observes. As he looks out over the city, he feels a mix of envy and confusion regarding those who thrive materially while he appears stagnant. Through a series of anecdotes about his neighbors and his inner musings, the narrator sets the stage for deeper explorations of life’s moral complexities, social injustices, and the pursuit of meaning in a seemingly indifferent universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject American essays -- 20th century
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EBook-No. 67059
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Most Recently Updated Jan 1, 2022
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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