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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 with hilarity and insight the alienation of youth and the disillusionment of an era. The Graduate When Benjamin Braddock graduates from a small Eastern college and moves home to his parents' house, everyone wants to know what he's going to do with his life. Embittered by the emptiness of his college education and indifferent to his grim prospects - grad school? a career in plastics? - Benjamin falls haplessly into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the relentlessly seductive wife of his father's business partner. It's only when beautiful coed Elaine Robinson comes home to visit her parents that Benjamin, now smitten, thinks he might have found some kind of direction in his life. Unfortuately for Benjamin, Mrs. Robinson plays the role of protective mother as well as she does the one of mistress. A wondrously fierce and absurd battle of wills ensues, with love and idealism triumphing over the forces of corruption and conformity.
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"Chicago Tribune"
A highly gifted and accomplished writer.
"The New York Times"
Brilliant...sardonic, ludicrously funny.
"The Plain Dealer" (Cleveland)
His novel makes you want to laugh and it makes you want to cry.
"Chicago Tribune"A highly gifted and accomplished writer.
"The New York Times"Brilliant...sardonic, ludicrously funny.
"The Plain Dealer" (Cleveland)His novel makes you want to laugh and it makes you want to cry.
"Chicago Tribune" A highly gifted and accomplished writer.
"The Plain Dealer" (Cleveland) His novel makes you want to laugh and it makes you want to cry.
"The New York Times" Brilliant...sardonic, ludicrously funny.
The New York Times Brilliant...sardonic, ludicrously funny.
Chicago Tribune A highly gifted and accomplished writer.
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) His novel makes you want to laugh and it makes you want to cry.
Synopsis
Benjamin Braddock graduated one day in June. But it has left him disillusioned, worried about his future and he needs time to think. Somehow it didn't seem to be what his father expected from a college education. And everyone was really appalled when Ben raped Mrs Robinson (that was her story anyway) and ran off with her daughter in the middle of her wedding to someone else...
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- PublisherBerkley
- Publication date1964
- ISBN 10 0451142063
- ISBN 13 9780451142061
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- LanguageEnglish
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Later Printing. 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 with hilarity and insight the alienation of youth and the disillusionment of an era. Paperback. Shelfwear, covers creased. Very good. Seller Inventory # 101977
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