Revolutionary Road (collected Works of Richard Yates)
by H
About This Novel
The novel tells the story of a young couple, Frank and Amber Wheeler, who lived in the suburbs of Connecticut on a road called "Revolutionary Road" in the 1950s. Many middle-class families similar to them lived in the nearby community. Frank (also meaning "frank") is a down-to-earth corporate white-collar worker, while April (also meaning "April"), a housewife, is lively, romantic and full of fantasy. The gap between ideal and reality put their relationship into trouble, and the increasingly frequent quarrels almost suffocated the two. Epper's plan to move to Europe to find himself once saved the crisis and gave them a brief hope of changing their lives. However, the plan was ultimately shattered and their fate was irreversible. It slides into tragedy... As Yates himself said: "The characters in my novels are all within the limitations of their known and unknown. They want to be the best and do what they can't help but do, but in the end they inevitably fail because they can't help but go back to their original appearance."
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Official(1)Scraped 4d ago
Hard to describe in one word
I don't know why at every step of my life. Work and life are extremely boring, but there is nothing wrong with being attached to stability. Both the male and female protagonists cheated on each other, but they were still mentally empty.
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Official(1)Scraped 4d ago
Hard to describe in one word
I don't know why at every step of my life. Work and life are extremely boring, but there is nothing wrong with being attached to stability. Both the male and female protagonists cheated on each other, but they were still mentally empty.
