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1) Arrowsmith
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After years of work as a small town doctor and a research scientist, Arrowsmith heads for the West Indies with a serum to halt an epidemic. A tragic turn of events forces him to come to terms with his career and his personal life.
2) Babbitt
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Lewis' scathing satire of middle-class America, Babbitt explores the social pressures of conformity and materialism. It tells the story of George Babbitt, a middle-aged family man who becomes disillusioned with both conformity and his belated attempts at rebellion. Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Zenith, Babbitt offers a powerful critique of the American Dream and all it entails.
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The story of a young, recently widowed ex-Army major and architect, Hayden Chart. He strives mightily to find personal meaning in Florence. Beautiful fellow American. Olivia Lomond is a budding scholar who tempts him to make his mind grow in appreciation of art and history. But earthy, honest Roxanna Eldritch, town girl and reporter sent to Europe to cover the 1950 Holy Year in Rome, improbably wins Chart's heart in the end. Lewis was an American...
7) Elmer Gantry
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One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920s Midwestern Corn Belt.
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A missionary to Sioux Indians becomes a builder in St. Paul and organizes a non-segregated union.
"Not a thesis novel such as one has come to expect of Sinclair Lewis, but in a semi-historical, semi-period novel, he manages to stab the hypocrisies of the hell and damnation type of missionary spirit which activated some of our westward passage. The story has period values, in the pre-civil war picture of the opening up of Minnesota, the building of...
12) Main Street
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Descibes the lonely predicament of Carol Kennicott, who is caught between her desires for social reform and individual happiness. Her dilemma is intensified by the fact htat she lives in a small, self-satisfied, midwestern town.
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A middle-aged American retires and he and his wife go to Europe where they find a new set of values and relationships.
Samuel Dodsworth, a wealthy automobile manufacturer, retires and takes his wife to Europe where he meets an American widow who teaches him the value of Europe and the nature of love.
16) Bethel Merriday
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Life in a touring company and the vicissitudes of a young actress' career
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"Contains the work of the Nobel laureates plus critical biographies, presentation speeches, acceptance speeches, and discussion of the rationale for the selections, plus woodblock portraits of the authors. Also included are the original publisher's booklets, letters, and advertisements. "Nobel Prize Library", published under the sponsorship of the Nobel Foundation & the Swedish Academy."--Amazon.com.
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Comprised of memorable passages from novels written by American writers between 1920 and 1945. Contains contributions by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pearl Buck, Thomas Wolfe, E.E. Cummings, Edna Ferber, William Faulkner, Theadore Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway, John Hersey, John Steinbeck, Charles Jackson, Sinclair Lewis, Sherwood Anderson and others.