Revolutionary Road

Name: Revolutionary Road
Rating: 3.8947368421052633 (19 reviews)
Author: Richard Yates
ISBN: 9781446420720

by Richard Yates

3.9

(19 ratings)

354 pages1961Penguin Random HouseISBN 9781446420720

Classical fiction Classics Fiction sad Character driven Weak Character Development Unloveable Characters Not Diverse Characters

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About this book

Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their hopes and ideals, betraying in the end not only each other, but their own best selves.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Random House
Published: 1961
Pages: 354
ISBN: 9781446420720

About Richard Yates

Richard 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. His first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce. His critical acclaim, however, was not reflected in commercial success during his lifetime, though interest in Yates has revived somewhat since his death, partly because of an influential 1999 essay by Stewart O'Nan in the Boston Review, a 2003 biography by Blake Bailey and the 2008 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film Revolutionary Road, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.