The Harbor

Ernest Poole, Patrick Chura, Patrick Chura

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Penguin
03 February 2012

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Political & legal thriller

Ernest Poole's bestselling, muckraking classic about the plight

of the worker.

The best-known novel by the winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for

fiction, Ernest Poole's The Harbor was published in 1915 to

instant acclaim and remains his most important book. At the heart of

the story is Billy, an aspiring writer who struggles to reconcile his

sympathy for workers with his middle-class allegiance to capitalist

progress. As Billy comes of age on the New York waterfront, an

eyewitness to explosive tensions between labor and capital that

culminate in a violent strike, he learns to embrace socialism as the

solution to the harbor's seething injustices. This novel, one of the

most direct literary treatments of class warfare, is a valuable social

history and a powerful testament to Poole's legendary talent.

Ernest Poole's bestselling, muckraking classic about the plight

of the worker.

The best-known novel by the winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for

fiction, Ernest Poole's The Harbor was published in 1915 to

instant acclaim and remains his most important book. At the heart of

the story is Billy, an aspiring writer who struggles to reconcile his

sympathy for workers with his middle-class allegiance to capitalist

progress. As Billy comes of age on the New York waterfront, an

eyewitness to explosive tensions between labor and capital that

culminate in a violent strike, he learns to embrace socialism as the

solution to the harbor's seething injustices. This novel, one of the

most direct literary treatments of class warfare, is a valuable social

history and a powerful testament to Poole's legendary talent.

By: Ernest Poole
Notes by: Patrick Chura
Introduction by: Patrick Chura
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9780143106449
ISBN 10: 0143106449
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 03 February 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Harbor

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Frank Norris's The Octopus and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath are still readable and powerful enough to move the reader, but most other examples of American protest fiction must be soldiered through. To the small company of exceptions should be added The Harbor itself, by Ernest Poole, which Penguin Classics has rescued from oblivion. -- Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World

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