Of Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe

Of Time and the River’ is a 1935 novel by American author Thomas Wolfe. It is a fictionalized autobiography, using the name Eugene Gant for Wolfe’s, detailing the protagonist’s early and mid-twenties. It was at this time that the character attends Harvard University, moves to New York City and teaches English at a university there. He travels overseas with the character Francis Starwick. Francis Starwick was based on Wolfe’s friend, playwright Kenneth Raisbeck.