Cass Timberlane Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages

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Original Title:	Cass Timberlane
ISBN:	0848814118 (ISBN13: 9780848814113)
Edition Language:	English

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This book was written late in the career of Sinclair lewis.He had fun with it ,but it was not without serious undertones or piercing social commentary. That said much of it highlights how what from a distance seems like banal self absorption is in fact the workings of a heart or mind searching for meaning.The book has a lot of froth to it , but also shadow and in spots it is deeply poignant.I adore the places where the author gives us word craft that is perfectly nuanced and moves like poetry with its work boots on ..so muscled and nimble that you forget how functional the words are.Mr.Lewis takes on the institution of marriage in this book with that odd mix of idealism and rank cynicism that is the hallmark of so much of his social commentary.The book has a good deal of humor in it and a lot of entertainment value. Its a joy to read out loud with dialog that never stalls -except in the most ingenious way..so that words dangle in the air after they are spoken. The two main characters are Judge Cass Timberlane ,and his love and wife Jinny. She is as smart as he and quick to his deep. This book can be read casually and enjoyed or read carefully and slowly which then creates an experience that transcends mere entertainment and leaves one musing about the characters and their times and ours too......

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Title	:	Cass Timberlane
Author	:	Sinclair Lewis
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	by Amereon Limited (first published 1945)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Literature. American. Novels

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As usual Sinclair Lewis writes so invitingly that it is impossible to stop reading. The subject of this book, marriage and relationships is very different from his other books.

A good but not terrific read. This is about the marriage of Judge Cass Timberlane and a much younger woman, Jinny. It's a strange relationship at best. I've always felt that many of Lewis books have an unreal quality to them, that people have reactions that are not what you would usually expect in the situations Lewis puts them in. That's especially the case in this book. However, that being said I still enjoy reading him.

"Cass Timberlane" is a novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1945. Almost everyone that reads the book loves the book. Having said that I personally know noone who has read, will read or has ever even heard of the book. But from reviews I've read most people enjoy the book. Except me of course. If this had been the first Sinclair Lewis novel I read I probably would have stopped there. I just didn't like it. I have read hundreds of books and re-read dozens of them. I always finish a book, well

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An almost certainly more progressive novel at the time than it appears in retrospect. Lewis really didn't have a very good opinion of marriage, did he? From a modern point of view, the heroine is irritatingly vapid and the hero is a jerk. For goodness' sakes people, get a life.

Sinclair Lewis is a genius at portraying snippets of everyday life in a simple, sad but still humorous, slap-in-the-face kind of way. This book was his commentary on marriage and relationships - each of his characters was painted with a different brush, but Cass was the brightest, most vivid of them all. I was amused, frustrated, impatient, annoyed, pacified and content all within the course of these pages. So great.

Since I've already seen the movie (a LONG time ago), I pictured Spencer Tracy as Cass Timberlane, and Lana Turner as Jinny Marshland, even though neither one of them matched the descriptions in the book! The story was fast-paced, well-written and often amusing, as well as tragic. The interspersed descriptions of the myriad marriages, good and bad, in Grand Republic added to this interesting look at love and marriage in the 1940's. And I loved Cleo the cat!