In 1959, avon books published jack kerouacs tender look back at his high school years in lowell, massachusetts, maggie cassidy. One of the dozen books written by jack kerouac in the early and mid1950s, maggie cassidy was not published until 1959, after the appearance of on the road had made its author famous overnight, long out of print, this touching novel of adolescent love in a new england mill town, with its straightforward narrative structure, is one of kerouacs most accesible works. The book includes wonderful descriptive passages of winter in new england, of shabby urban tenements, of grizzled and failed adults, and of hope, love. First love kerouacs autobiographical novel maggie cassidy is set in his hometown of lowell, massachusetts in 1939. It is a largely autobiographical work about kerouacs early life in lowell.
Buy a cheap copy of maggie cassidy book by jack kerouac. One particular passage in the book, written in the form of a letter, contained certain thermouclear profanities that werent widely accepted in literature, even beat literature, of that time period. It is a largely autobiographical work about kerouacs early life in lowell, massachusetts, from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles his reallife relationship with his teenage sweetheart mary carney. From the bard of the beat generation, jack kerouacs maggie cassidy is an autobiographical novel of young love, published in penguin modern classics. One particular passage in the book, written in the form of a letter, contained certain thermonuclear profanities that werent widely accepted in literature, even beat literature, of that time period. T his short novel carries the young manhood of jack duluoz. Nice to see kerouac s writing of his younger days, preneal cassady and his life on the road. Moodily atmospheric, full of verve and energy, maggie cassidy is kerouac s poignant tale of teenage romance in new england. Sep 16, 2012 i just finished reading for the first time maggie cassidy by jack kerouac. It is a remarkable, bittersweet evocation of the awkwardness and the joy of growing up in america. Duluoz is a high school athletics and football star who meets maggie cassidy and begins a devoted, inconstant, tender adolescent love affair. Perfect for a quiet winter night, maggie cassidy is a mustread in the kerouac canon. Each book by jack kerouac in unique, a telepathic diamond. Set in the closeknit workingclass frenchcanadian community of lowell, massachusetts, maggie cassidy is a semiautobiographical account of kerouacs adolescence.
Maggie, after duluoz makes an unsuccessful attempt to seduce her, is thrown overboard and the. Jack kerouac later referred to 34 beaulieu street as sad beaulieu. Jack kerouac books list of books by author jack kerouac. I saw her, standing in the crowd, forlorn, dissatisfied, dark, unpleasantly strange. Considered one of the lowell novels because of its setting in kerouac s massachusetts hometown, and part of the duluoz legend, maggie cassidy tells the story of the authors school days, focused around his onagainoffagain relationship with an irish girl from the other side of the tracks. Maggie cassidy is a novel by american writer jack kerouac, first published in 1959. Nice to see kerouacs writing of his younger days, preneal cassady and his life on the road. Written in a sometimesnarrative, sometimesstream of consciousness format, kerouac recounts the tale of his formative years as a highschool athlete in 1930s new england as well as his frustrations with his first love, maggie cassidy. In 1959 avon books published jack kerouacs tender look back at his high school years in lowell, massachusetts, maggie cassidy.
Kerouacs autobiographical novel maggie cassidy is set in his hometown of lowell, massachusetts in 1939. He lay awake all night listening with eyes and ears. It is the story of a high school romance in all its innocence and sexual frustration. I think any young male could relate to his experiences in the book with his girlfriend and his friends. Though publishers stopped maggie cassidy s jack duluoz and on the roads sal paradise from sharing the same name, kerouac meant the books to be two parts of the same life.
Written in 1953, maggie cassidy was not published until 1959 after the appearance of on the road had made its author famous overnight. Maggie cassidy annotated by jack kerouac pdf, epub. Maggie cassidy jack kerouac classic beat generation novel. In jack kerouacs teenage years his friends gave him a.
Maggie cassidy by jack kerouac paperback book for sale. This first uk first edition of maggie cassidy is in near fine condition. The story is recounted through the teenage mind of the authors alter ego, jack duluoz, a high school athletics and american football star. The freight train still rumbles over a hundred cars long, the engine threw the flare on little white bathers, little picasso horses of the night as dense and tragic in the gloom comes my soul looking for what was there that disappeared and left, lost, down a paththe gloom of love. Kerouac s autobiographical novel maggie cassidy is set in his hometown of lowell, massachusetts in 1939. Jack kerouacs maggie cassidy is an autobiographical novel of young love, published in. Maggie cassidy written in 1953, maggie cassidy was not published until 1959 after the appearance of on the road had made its author famous overnight. Kerouac s hero unexpectedly makes his way to horace mann school in new york and from there matriculates at columbia, where he plays varsity football.
The story of jack and maggie, in love with the idea of being in love, looking ahead to marriage with hope and trepidation, is told with touching simplicity. In 1959, avon books published jack kerouac s tender look back at his high school years in lowell, massachusetts, maggie cassidy. Buy maggie cassidy book online at low prices in india. Few novels have so vividly and passionately portrayed a first love, and kerouacs straightforward narrative structure makes this one of his most accessible works. Maggie cassidy annotated by jack kerouac read online on. Maggie cassidy original manuscript by jack kerouac.
This book recounts the early adolescence of jack kerouac in his native lowell, massachusetts, where he met maggie cassidy at a ball on new years eve. And that saturday night when i met her at the rex, as our usual arrangement, they were playing the masquerade is over when she came in with bessy from the coldineffably beautiful as never before, with dew drops in her black hair like little stars in her eyes, and. This deeply affected fouryearold jack, who would later say that gerard followed him in life as a guardian angel. When someone asks where does kerouac get that stuff. The book includes wonderful descriptive passages of winter in new england, of shabby urban tenements, of grizzled and failed adults, and of hope, love, and loss. It is a largely autobiographical work about kerouac s early life in lowell, massachusetts from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles kerouac s reallife relationship with teenage sweetheart mary carney. It is a largely autobiographical work about kerouacs early life in lowell, massachusetts from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles kerouacs reallife relationship with teenage sweetheart mary carney. Maggie cassidy is the love interest of a teenage boy growing up in lowell, ma. Jack kerouac 192269 was an american novelist, poet, artist and part of the beat generation. A touching autobiographical novel of adolescent love in a new england mill town, maggie cassidy is a remarkable, bittersweet evocation of the awkwardness and the joy of growing up in america. Maggie cassidy kerouac bookshelf curation project is this paperback 1993 penguin books 2nd printing of jack kerouac s maggie cassidy. Maggie cassidy original manuscript audiobook by jack. It is one of the most sustained, poetic pieces of kerouac s spontaneous prose.
Its in good condition minor underlining and yellowed pages, 194 pages, about 5 x 734, and the provenance is unknown although it is likely the first copy i bought of three that i own and therefore the one i read first. Its a relatively short novel and explores his relationship with his first serious girlfriend maggie cassidy. He attended local catholic and public schools and won a football scholarship to columbia university in new york city, where he met neal cassady, allen ginsberg, and william s. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Maggie cassidy is a novel by the american writer jack kerouac, first published in 1959.
It is a largely autobiographical work about kerouac s early life in lowell, massachusetts, from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles his reallife relationship with his teenage sweetheart mary carney. An introduction to the life and work of jack kerouac, and the deep impact he had on our society and culture. In the interim, kerouac wrote several more truelife novels, doctor sax 1959, maggie cassidy 1959, and tristessa 1960 among them. Though publishers stopped maggie cassidys jack duluoz and on the roads sal paradise from sharing the same name, kerouac meant the books to be two parts of the same life. Maggie cassidy 1959 is a novel by jack kerouac that is a largely autobiographical work about kerouac s early life in lowell, massachusetts, from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles his reallife relationship with his teenage sweetheart mary carney. Maggie cassidy penguin modern classics jack kerouac isbn. Maggie cassidy by jack kerouac penguin random house canada. Maggie cassidy by jack kerouac rare and antique books.
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