Judgment DayWorld Publishing Company, 1945 - 379 This novel begins in 1931, a few years after the conclusion of The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan. At the close of that novel, an intoxicated Studs had been beaten up by old rival Weary Reilly, and left on a snow-covered sidewalk overnight. Studs contracted pneumonia that night and has been in ill-health ever since. Several of Studs' old friends have already died, due to venereal diseases or excessive drinking, and Weary Reilly himself is in prison for rape. Studs is beginning to sense his own weakness and his own mortality, and continually makes vain promises to change his ways. Studs' young brother Martin, now known as "Husk," is very much like Studs himself was a decade earlier. He's a drinker and brawler who openly disrespects Studs, and even inflicts a severe beating on his older brother. Studs begins dating a sweet, innocent Catholic woman named Catherine Banahan. He seems to love her and even asks her to marry him, but remains obsessed by sexual thoughts, and looks constantly for chances to cheat on her. Studs is incapable of being true to her, but feels strong guilt about his lust and infidelity. The Great Depression is wreaking havoc on Chicago. Studs' father's painting business is failing and the family home may soon be repossessed by the bank. Studs' father hopes that Studs can provide the family with some financial support, not knowing that Studs has foolishly lost most of his savings after investing in a worthless stock, in yet another vain attempt at getting rich and becoming a big shot. Studs gets Catherine pregnant, and must desperately seek a job. After job hunting all over the city on a rainy day, Studs contracts pneumonia again, and dies after falling into a feverish coma. |
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... woman fainted in the box . Nearly every spec- tator stood up , and there was a buzzing hum of conversation . " Let's ... woman who had fainted . She was a stout greasy woman , and she was saying : " That poor boy . Poor Harold ...
... woman fainted in the box . Nearly every spec- tator stood up , and there was a buzzing hum of conversation . " Let's ... woman who had fainted . She was a stout greasy woman , and she was saying : " That poor boy . Poor Harold ...
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James Thomas Farrell. crafty look . The woman was hurting Catherine so deeply that she knew , until her dying day , she would never forgive Mrs. Lonigan . She knew why . The woman sensed it , sensed that she was pregnant . What could she ...
James Thomas Farrell. crafty look . The woman was hurting Catherine so deeply that she knew , until her dying day , she would never forgive Mrs. Lonigan . She knew why . The woman sensed it , sensed that she was pregnant . What could she ...
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... woman came toward him . Her skin was rough and wrinkled , her gray hair stuck out from a black shawl pulled tight around her shrewd , peasant face . Bent , walking slowly , she made him sadly remember his old mother in her last years ...
... woman came toward him . Her skin was rough and wrinkled , her gray hair stuck out from a black shawl pulled tight around her shrewd , peasant face . Bent , walking slowly , she made him sadly remember his old mother in her last years ...
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afraid ain't Al Smith Amos and Andy automobile baby bastard better Bill bucks Catherine chair Christ chump cigarette crowd damn dance Dance Marathon door dough eyes face father feel fellow felt Fran funny getting girl glad glanced goddamn going guess hand head hell Imbray Jackson Park Jesus Jim Doyle Joey Gallagher Katy Jones kissed knew laughed looked Loretta luck Lucy married Martin McCarthy mind Mort mother never nice niggers night Order of Christopher Paddy parlor Phil poor pretty priest pulled Red Kelly scratch sheet seemed sergeant-at-arms shoulders sick smiled Squirmy Stony Island Avenue stood street Studs asked Studs Lonigan Studs thought talk taxicab tell there's things told Tommy Doyle tonight tough trying turned voice wait walked watched what's window wished woman wondered worry