Project Gutenberg 2008-05-15 Public domain in the USA. 399 Lewis, Sinclair 1885 1951 Lewis, Harry Sinclair Graham, Tom The Job: An American Novel Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Job_(novel) Produced by K Nordquist, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Job: An American Novel" by Sinclair Lewis is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Captain Lew Golden, a small-town lawyer in Panama, Pennsylvania, and his family, exploring themes of ambition, societal expectations, and gender roles. The novel offers a candid look at the struggles of women, particularly Lew's daughter Una, as she seeks independence and a career in a society that discourages female agency. The opening of the novel introduces Captain Lew Golden as a representative of the small-town middle-class lawyer whose life is defined by his mundane daily routines and limited aspirations. His wife, Mrs. Golden, embodies the discontent of women in their era, longing for romance and imagination that her life with Lew does not provide. The narrative then shifts focus to their daughter, Una, who grapples with societal expectations placed upon women. After her father's death, Una takes charge of her family's finances and yearns for a life beyond the confines of small-town respectability, leading her to consider a new life in New York where she hopes to become a businesswoman. The text lays the groundwork for a deeper exploration of Una's evolving identity and the pitfalls and possibilities she faces. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Women white collar workers -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies 598684 2025-07-10T11:34:21.484617 text/html 626122 2021-01-03T14:58:02 text/html 333800 2025-07-10T11:34:31.786555 application/epub+zip 337253 2025-07-10T11:34:25.037624 application/epub+zip 314171 2025-07-10T11:34:23.617585 application/epub+zip 600669 2025-07-10T11:34:36.991575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552821 2025-07-10T11:34:30.735606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442784 2022-09-12T04:19:34.962545 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552564 2025-07-10T11:34:20.519625 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 552127 2021-01-03T14:58:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 552349 2021-01-03T14:58:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21873 2025-07-10T11:34:37.127521 application/rdf+xml 15104 2025-07-10T11:34:24.122657 image/jpeg 4238 2025-07-10T11:34:23.869602 image/jpeg 222154 2021-01-03T14:58:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 241592 2021-01-03T14:58:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 222037 2021-01-03T14:58:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 314236 2025-07-10T11:34:21.535626 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia