The Adventures of Augie March (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Saul Bellow
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: 1920-1950
- Setting: Primarily Chicago
- Principal Characters: Augie March, Simon March, Charlotte Magnus, Georgie March, William Einhorn, Mrs. Renling, Thea Fenchel, Stella Chesney
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Values, Crime or criminals, 1940’s, Antiheroes, 1920’s, 1930’s, Chicago, Jews or Jewish life, Theft, Wealth, Materialism
- Locales: Mexico, Paris, France, Chicago, IL, Buffalo, NY
The Story:
Born and reared in Chicago, Augie March never knew who his father was. Grandma Lausch, who was not related to Augie but boarded with the Marches, dominated the household, teaching Augie manners and how to lie to people in authority. As a child, he got involved in petty crime, stealing from a department store where he worked as one of Santa Claus’s helpers and participating in a robbery. At Grandma Lausch’s insistence, Georgie, Augie’s retarded brother, was institutionalized. Grandma Lausch eventually went to a home for the aged, and Augie’s mother went to a...
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