Roman Holiday (novel)

This article is about the 1931 novel. For other uses, see Roman Holiday (disambiguation).

Roman Holiday

Author	Upton Sinclair
Language	English
Published	1931
Publisher	Farrar & Rinehart
Publication place	United States

Roman Holiday is a 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair. ^{[1] [2]} It was published by Farrar & Rinehart. ^[3]

Upton Sinclair is ingenious but unconvincing. He has tried to show that a capitalist civilization bears within it the germ of its own death; but what he suggests is merely that civilization moves in cycles.

Time , 1931 ^[3]

References

1. Ashley, Mike. "Sinclair, Upton". Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 19, 2025. in the bittersweet Roman Holiday (1931), a young American playboy discovers parallels between his own time and a nascent Roman republic which cannot anticipate the indignities that history has in store for it
2. Vadon, Lehel (1984). "The Reception of Upton Sinclair's Works in Hungary". Az Egri Ho Si Minh Tanárképző Főiskola tudományos közleményei. Új sorozat, 17. köt. = Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis (Nova series, Tom. 17.): 417–432. ISSN   0138-9734. Roman Holiday (1931) was received with unusual indifference by Hungarian critics. Only Népszava informed its readers of the first American publication of the novel. The review printed in 1931, praised only the interesting plot and up-to-dateness of the theme. Nova Publishing House edited the novel in 1934 and 1944 under the translation of Emmy B. Karinthy. Criticism was very noncommittal at the time of the Hungarian publication.
3. "Books: A Socialist in Rome". TIME. January 12, 1931. Retrieved June 19, 2025.

External links

• Roman Holiday, available at Internet Archive