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        Revolutionary Road


        setting

        Connecticut suburb; outside New York City

        time

        1950s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1961

        page count

        337

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Frank and April Wheeler

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        The final dying sounds of their dress rehearsal left the Laurel Players with nothing to do but stand there, silent and helpless, blinking out over the footlights of an empty auditorium.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)