Graduate
by Webb, Charles
Charles Webb's The Graduate, published in 1963, was a success for the young American writer, a sly and provocative first novel that is often forgotten in the shadow of Mike Nichols' sensational 1967 film and, more recently, an attention-grabbing stage adaptation in London with Kathleen Turner, then Jerry Hall as Mrs. Robinson. Among other things, Webb's novel is a book of its time, written when young Americans were beginning to question, for the first time, the materialistic values that the postwar culture had taught them. Its hero is worldly yet naive, but that won't last for long.The novel dramatizes the post-graduate blues of Benjamin Braddock, an appealing young man of great promise who would seem to have everything going for him. Returning to his parents' home after graduation to ponder his future in the real world, he is depressed. The only thing that rallies him is the attention of Mrs. Robinson, the bored but attractive wife of his father's law partner. Mrs. Robinson makes a play for Benjamin, and he responds. Their affair is far from passionate but it is intense. It continues until Benjamin rediscovers the Robinsons' beautiful daughter Elaine. He falls in love with her but Mrs. Robinson, in a jealous rage, destroys the relationship by telling her daughter of her affair with Benjamin. He is undeterred, following Elaine and forcing her to acknowledge him even as she prepares to marry someone else. For the first time, it seems, Benjamin knows what he wants, and he pursues her right to the altar.The Graduate, for all its crackling humor and addled romance, is also a scathing look at how vacuous and materialistic middle-class American life had become in the middle of the 20th century. What Benjamin does not want to be, it seems, is what is all around him -- his parents, their friends, their things, their values. He is a fascinating character, an attractive young man who seems to be unconnected to his own generation, a carefully tended boy who wants to become a man but does not know how. The wry insight of Webb's The Graduate makes Benjamin Braddock an archetype for a whole generation, a latter-day Holden Caulfield. The Chicago Tribune hailed Webb as "a highly gifted and accomplished writer," and Saturday Review wrote that The Graduate "moves with the speed and drive of a runaway locomotive."
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The Graduate (First Edition In Dj, Inscribed By Author)
by Webb, Charles
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New York: New American Library, 1963. First Edition, First Printing . Cloth/Boards. Very Good Book/Near Fine DJ. 238 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt, Over Gey Boards With Dark Grey Strips. First Printing Stated. Inscribed "To Tom + Linda / Charles Webb" On The Front Free Endpaper. Book Otherwise Unmarked. Page 41 Was Cut Oversize In Part, The Extra Remaining,… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: New American Library, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated first edition, first printing. Near Fine with faint bowing to boards, pages toned, in a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's original price of $3.95 intact, foxing, fading to blue printing on spine, two horizontal hairline cracks to spine panel and several small chips. A much… Read more about this item Item Price
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London.: Constable., 1964. 1st edition. hardcover. good. Hardcover with DJ. DJ is fair to good. It is intact but chipped around the edges and has some minor stains and general wear and tear. Book is good to very good, with light foxing only on early and late pages and page edges. Previous owner's name in ball point pen… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: New American Library. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards titled in silver gilt, orange topstain/endpages. Stated first printing. Trace speckling to bottom block edge, trace shelfwear to board edges, topstain a bit faded, slight blush to pages. Unmarked, tight and square. The DJ in mylar is chipped with shallow… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: New American Library, 1963. Hardcover. Author's first book and the basis for the movie starring Dustin Hoffman. 1st edition, 1st printing. 238 pp. Fine book in paper-covered boards and black cloth spine with silver lettering; orange topstain to text block (binding square and tight, no markings, corners not bumped; 3 light spots on fore edge of text… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Graduate [Book Club Edition]
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New York: The New American Library, 1963. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 191pp. Light rubbing and toning to covers and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in red. Slight lean to spine. Previous owner's name-sticker to inside of front paste-down. Pages are… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: NAL, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in about very good dust jacket with scattered chipping at the extremities. A cheaply produced book, nice copies are uncommon. Mike Nichols won a Best Director Oscar for the landmark film version that made a star of Dustin Hoffman. Item Price
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The Graduate
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Penguin 2693, 192pp., sunned and browned pages. With original dustcover with slight tear without loss to upper edge of dustcover on spine. Minor scuffs and wear. The dust-cover appears to be a modesty cover for the more raunchy cover illustration. The dustcover shows and b/w illustration from the movie with Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. Item Price
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The Graduate
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New York: The New American Library c.1963. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. hardcover in DJ protected by clear book jacket cover, book club edition as stated inside front DJ flap, iconic photo on rear of DJ, no handwriting, age tone to DJ, gutter code 21 L
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THE GRADUATE
by Webb, Charles
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(New York): New American Library, 1963. First edition. Fine in near-fine jacket.. First printing of the acclaimed novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Classic early '60s novel of a rich, disaffected youth whose parents just don't understand. It is a great burden to be Benjamin Braddock, 21 and beset on all sides by expectations from the older… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Graduate
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This is the story of Benjamin who falls prey to the sexual advances of his girlfriend's mother. Compromising situations lead to a compromised future and Benjamin must choose between the two women.. Item Price
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The Graduate (Penguin Essentials)
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The Graduate
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New York: The New American Library, 1963. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo. Book club edition. Full blue cloth, red lettering to spine. T.E.R. 191 pp. Bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket is sunned at spine, worn to extremities, chips to spine ends and corners, several perforations to spine and joints, a few stains, short tears to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Graduate
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Paperback / softback. New. When Benjamin came down from university, this is how he talked - 'For twenty-one years I have been shuffling back and forth between classrooms and libraries. Now you tell me what the hell it's got me'. It was not what his father expected from a college education, and everyone was appalled when Ben raped… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Graduate
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Penguin. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring theres something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Graduate
by Charles Webb
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UK paperback reprint, 1973 Penguin Books. The book is in very good condition with slight creasing to the spine. Item Price
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THE GRADUATE
by Webb, Charles
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New York: New American Library, 1963. Later Printing. Paperback. Shelfwear, covers creased. Very good. 160pp. The basis for Mike Nichols' acclaimed 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman -- and for successful stage productions in London and on Broadway -- this classic novel about a naive college graduate adrift in the shifting social and sexual mores of the 1960s captures… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Graduate (Essential Penguin)
by Charles Webb
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The Graduate
by Charles Webb
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