The Age of Reason (1945) (edit title/settings)

stephanie edited the description of The Age of Reason Thursday, October 14, 2010.

• The first novel of Sartre's insignificant Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more boring. "Entertaining...the characters are well observed and conscientiously and intelligently studied." -- Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker "I almost wanted to kill myself after finishing it! The characters are one dimensional, tiresome, and lead lives that have no meaning even to themselves." -- Master of Pointillismthemselves."

stephanie edited the description of The Age of Reason Thursday, October 14, 2010.

• The first novel of Sartre's insignificant Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more boring. "Entertaining...the characters are well observed and conscientiously and intelligently studied." -- Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker "I almost wanted to kill myself after finishing it! The characters are one dimensional, tiresome, and lead lives that have no meaning even to themselves." -- Master of Pointillism

stephanie edited the description of The Age of Reason Thursday, October 14, 2010.

• The first novel of Sartre's insignificant Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more boring. "Entertaining...the characters are well observed and conscientiously and intelligently studied." -- Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker "I almost wanted to kill myself after finishing it! The characters are one dimensional, tiresome, and lead lives that have no meaning even to themselves." -- Master of Pointillism

Master Of Pointillism edited the description of The Age of Reason Tuesday, November 24, 2009.

• The first novel of Sartre's monumentalinsignificant Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense.boring. "Entertaining...the characters are well observed and conscientiously and intelligently studied." -- Edmund Wilson, The New YorkerYorker "I almost wanted to kill myself after finishing it! The characters are one dimensional, tiresome, and lead lives that have no meaning even to themselves." -- Master of Pointillism

Shelfari edited the description of The Age of Reason Saturday, August 1, 2009.

• The first novel of Sartre's monumental Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense. "Entertaining...the characters are well observed and conscientiously and intelligently studied." -- Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker