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Richard Yates was born in 1926. The author of several acclaimed works of fiction, including Revolutionary Road, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, Disturbing the Peace, and The Easter Parade, he was lauded during his lifetime as the foremost novelist of the post-war "age of anxiety". He died in 1992.
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Revolutionary Road (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $7.99
In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $7.99
In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a... Read more >
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Revolutionary Road
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2000
Price: $14.95
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2000
Price: $14.95
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
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Revolutionary Road (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $14.95
In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $14.95
In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a... Read more >
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Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
Format: Hardcover, 696 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $26.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Three classic works—including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road, soon to be a major motion picture—that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master.
Richard Yates’s first novel, Revolutionary Road is the unforgettable portrait of a marriage built on dreams that tragically never come to fruition. In The Easter Parade... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 696 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $26.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Three classic works—including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road, soon to be a major motion picture—that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master.
Richard Yates’s first novel, Revolutionary Road is the unforgettable portrait of a marriage built on dreams that tragically never come to fruition. In The Easter Parade... Read more >
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Disturbing the Peace
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1984
Price: $15.00
Hailed as “America’s finest realistic novelist” by the Boston Globe, Richard Yates, author of Revolutionary Road, garnered rare critical acclaim for his bracing, unsentimental portraits of middle-class American life. Disturbing the Peace is no exception. Haunting, troubling, and mesmerizing, it shines a brilliant, unwavering light into the darkest recesses of a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1984
Price: $15.00
Hailed as “America’s finest realistic novelist” by the Boston Globe, Richard Yates, author of Revolutionary Road, garnered rare critical acclaim for his bracing, unsentimental portraits of middle-class American life. Disturbing the Peace is no exception. Haunting, troubling, and mesmerizing, it shines a brilliant, unwavering light into the darkest recesses of a... Read more >
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Young Hearts Crying
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Young Hearts Crying, Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship and marriage in the 1950s to their divorce in the 70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II Europe, and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Young Hearts Crying, Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship and marriage in the 1950s to their divorce in the 70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II Europe, and... Read more >
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Cold Spring Harbor
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 11, 1987
Price: $15.00
In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminent chronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed Revolutionary Road, weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of two families brought together by chance, desperation, and desire.
Evan Shepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 11, 1987
Price: $15.00
In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminent chronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed Revolutionary Road, weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of two families brought together by chance, desperation, and desire.
Evan Shepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the... Read more >
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Revolutionary Road
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $29.95
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $29.95
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
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A Special Providence
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
Robert Prentice has spent all his life attempting to escape his mother's stifling presence. His mother, Alice, for her part, struggles with her own demons as she attempts to realize her dreams of prosperity and success as a sculptor.
As Robert goes off to fight in Europe, hoping to become his... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
Robert Prentice has spent all his life attempting to escape his mother's stifling presence. His mother, Alice, for her part, struggles with her own demons as she attempts to realize her dreams of prosperity and success as a sculptor.
As Robert goes off to fight in Europe, hoping to become his... Read more >
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Revolutionary Road
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $14.95
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $14.95
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
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Revolutionary Road
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $20.00
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $20.00
"A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." —William Styron
From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April... Read more >
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