On the Road

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title: On the Road
text: On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. The novel is a roman à clef, with many key figures of the Beat movement, such as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Neal Cassady represented by characters in the book, including Kerouac, hi
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description: 1957 novel by Jack Kerouac
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date created: 2003-10-15T01:33:45Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T19:43:54Z
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