The Plastic Age by Percy Marks
"The Plastic Age" by Percy Marks is a novel published in 1924 that follows Hugh Carver, a student navigating life at the fictional Sanford College. The book depicts 1920s campus culture, including hazing, drinking, parties, and romantic relationships. Its controversial content made it a bestseller and got it banned in Boston, while also costing Marks his teaching position at Brown University. The novel offers a revealing composite of Jazz Age college life
drawn from traditions at Dartmouth and Brown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Marks, Percy, 1891-1956 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Plastic Age |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plastic_Age |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 16532 |
| Release Date | Aug 15, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jun 6, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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