Classic Novels Library

The Plastic Age

The Plastic Age

by Marks, Percy, 1891-1956

BookID: 16532

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction

Description

"The Plastic Age" by Percy Marks is a novel published in 1924 that follows Hugh Carver, a student navigating life at the fictional Sanford College. The book depicts 1920s campus culture, including hazing, drinking, parties, and romantic relationships. Its controversial content made it a bestseller and got it banned in Boston, while also costing Marks his teaching position at Brown University. The novel offers a revealing composite of Jazz Age college life drawn from traditions at Dartmouth and Brown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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