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Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis ...

Babbitt is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930. The book has twice been adapted to film. ... Read more

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Babbitt is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930. The book has twice been adapted to film.
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Sinclair Lewis - Ultimate Collection

Enriched edition. 40 + Titles: Complete Novels & Short Stories

by Sinclair Lewis, Brielle Kestridge ...

The "Sinclair Lewis - Ultimate Collection" represents a comprehensive anthology of Lewis's influential works, offering readers an in-depth exploration of early 20th-century American life through a lens of sharp social critique and biting satirical prose. With his keen observations and masterful storytelling, Lewis weaves tales that interrogate the complexities of capitalism, conformity, and the ... Read more

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The "Sinclair Lewis - Ultimate Collection" represents a comprehensive anthology of Lewis's influential works, offering readers an in-depth exploration of early 20th-century American life through a lens of sharp social critique and biting satirical prose. With his keen observations and masterful storytelling, Lewis weaves tales that interrogate the complexities of capitalism, conformity, and the
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It Can't Happen Here

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It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical political novel by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935. It features newspaperman Doremus Jessup struggling against the fascist regime of President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who resembles Gerald B. Winrod, the Kansas evangelist whose far-right views earned him the nickname "The Jayhawk Nazi". It serves as a warning that political movements akin to Nazism can ... Read more

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It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical political novel by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935. It features newspaperman Doremus Jessup struggling against the fascist regime of President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who resembles Gerald B. Winrod, the Kansas evangelist whose far-right views earned him the nickname "The Jayhawk Nazi". It serves as a warning that political movements akin to Nazism can
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It Can't Happen Here

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Written during the Great Depression, It Can’t Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis’s novel satirizing American politics, describes the rise of a totalitarian regime in the United States. When Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip is elected president of the United States, he does so by inciting fear and dissent, promising massive economic and social changes in order to regain America’s prominence in the world. Once in ... Read more

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Written during the Great Depression, It Can’t Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis’s novel satirizing American politics, describes the rise of a totalitarian regime in the United States. When Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip is elected president of the United States, he does so by inciting fear and dissent, promising massive economic and social changes in order to regain America’s prominence in the world. Once in
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It Can't Happen Here

by Sinclair Lewis, Gary Scharnhorst ...

“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.Written during the Great Depression, when the country was ... Read more

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“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.Written during the Great Depression, when the country was
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Sinclair Lewis - Ultimate Collection (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. 40 + Titles: Complete Novels & Short Stories

by Sinclair Lewis, Cora Tallowmere ...

Sinclair Lewis - Ultimate Collection gathers the major fiction through which Lewis anatomized modern American life: the provincial complacencies of Main Street, the commercial pieties of Babbitt, the scientific ambitions of Arrowsmith, the religious showmanship of Elmer Gantry, and the authoritarian nightmare of It Can't Happen Here. Written in a sharp, observant, and often satirical realist style ... Read more

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Sinclair Lewis - Ultimate Collection gathers the major fiction through which Lewis anatomized modern American life: the provincial complacencies of Main Street, the commercial pieties of Babbitt, the scientific ambitions of Arrowsmith, the religious showmanship of Elmer Gantry, and the authoritarian nightmare of It Can't Happen Here. Written in a sharp, observant, and often satirical realist style
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It Can't Happen Here

by Sinclair Lewis ...

Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here is a political novel that imagines the rise of fascism in the United States during the 1930s. The story follows Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a populist demagogue who wins the presidency by appealing to fear, nationalism, and economic insecurity. Once in power, he dismantles democratic institutions, creates a paramilitary force, and establishes a dictatorship ... Read more

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Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here is a political novel that imagines the rise of fascism in the United States during the 1930s. The story follows Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a populist demagogue who wins the presidency by appealing to fear, nationalism, and economic insecurity. Once in power, he dismantles democratic institutions, creates a paramilitary force, and establishes a dictatorship
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The Collected Works of Sinclair Lewis (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. 30+ Novels & Short Stories: Babbitt, Main Street, The Willow Walk, Arrowsmith, It Can't Happen Here…

by Sinclair Lewis, Cora Tallowmere ...

The Collected Works of Sinclair Lewis gathers the fiction that made Lewis the sharpest anatomist of American middle-class life in the early twentieth century. From the boosterism and conformity of Main Street and Babbitt to the medical idealism of Arrowsmith, the religious charlatanry of Elmer Gantry, and the political nightmare of It Can't Happen Here, these works combine social realism, satire, ... Read more

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The Collected Works of Sinclair Lewis gathers the fiction that made Lewis the sharpest anatomist of American middle-class life in the early twentieth century. From the boosterism and conformity of Main Street and Babbitt to the medical idealism of Arrowsmith, the religious charlatanry of Elmer Gantry, and the political nightmare of It Can't Happen Here, these works combine social realism, satire,
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Speed

by Sinclair Lewis ...

“Speed” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Speed” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis.“Out in the road were two new automobile tires, and cans of gasoline, oil, water. The hose of a pressure air-pump stretched across the cement sidewalk, and beside it was an air-gauge in a new chamois ... Read more

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“Speed” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Speed” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis.“Out in the road were two new automobile tires, and cans of gasoline, oil, water. The hose of a pressure air-pump stretched across the cement sidewalk, and beside it was an air-gauge in a new chamois
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Arrowsmith

by Sinclair Lewis ...

“Arrowsmith” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Arrowsmith” is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined).Arrowsmith tells the story of bright and scientifically minded Martin Arrowsmith of Elk Mills, Winnemac (the same fictional state in which ... Read more

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“Arrowsmith” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Arrowsmith” is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined).Arrowsmith tells the story of bright and scientifically minded Martin Arrowsmith of Elk Mills, Winnemac (the same fictional state in which
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Main Street

by Sinclair Lewis ...

Main Street is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920. The story is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's hometown. The novel takes place in the 1910s, with references to the start of World War I, the United States' entry into the war, and the years following the end of the war, including the start ... Read more

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Main Street is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920. The story is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's hometown. The novel takes place in the 1910s, with references to the start of World War I, the United States' entry into the war, and the years following the end of the war, including the start
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Main Street

by Sinclair Lewis ...

This classic by Sinclair Lewis shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire. “Main Street” attacks the conformity and dullness of early 20th century midwestern village life in the story of Carol Milford, the city girl who marries the town doctor. Her efforts to bring culture to the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, and petty small-minded ... Read more

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This classic by Sinclair Lewis shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire. “Main Street” attacks the conformity and dullness of early 20th century midwestern village life in the story of Carol Milford, the city girl who marries the town doctor. Her efforts to bring culture to the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, and petty small-minded
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