The Web and the Rock Author:homas Wolfr The WEB AND THE ROCK is the first of two novels which Thomas Wolfe completed a few months before his early death at the age of 38. — It is the story of George Webber, a writer (the Eugene Gant of Wolfe's earlier novels), who arrives in New York from "Old Catawba," becomes a college instructor and has a tempestuous love affair with Esther Jack, a... more » wealthy theatrical figure.When George sees this love as part of the ensnaring web of his life, he leaves Esther and goes to Europe, pursuing the strength of vision- the rock - symbolized by his father.
This book is considered pert of one extended, passionate autobiograpgy, comprised of Wolfe's four novels.It is a work charged with anger, aspiration, and the self- destructive momentum of Wolfe's own life.« less