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The first of Sinclair Lewis's great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Young college graduate Carol Milford moves from the city to tiny Gopher Prairie after marrying the local doctor, and tr...

We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all." -Sinclair Lewis, The JobIn his novel The Job (1917) Sinclair Lewis vividly describes the world of work for women in the early years of the twentieth century. The novel was one of Lewis's first successes, praised as a groundbreaking work for having a woman as the lead character, as well as for providing insights into the lives of working women. While it was only t...

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If you don't think for yourself, then you're admitting that your theory of happiness is the dog asleep in the sun." -Sinclair Lewis, The Trail of the Hawk The Trail of the Hawk (1915) is a coming-of-age novel that describes the struggles of Carl Ericson as he tries to reconcile his desire for adventure with societal expectations. In classic Lewis style, the author explores the effects of immigration, convention, entrepreneurship, love, maturit...

Humor is next to Godliness." ¿ Sinclair Lewis, Mantrap To create Mantrap (1926), Sinclair Lewis adapted journals his brother Claude kept while the two traveled in Canada two years before the book appeared. In it, the author created the story of New York lawyer Ralph Prescott's journey into the Saskatchewan territory and of his adventures there. Two separate films, Mantrap (1926) and Untamed (1940), both of which were based on the story, were p...

If you don't think for yourself, then you're admitting that your theory of happiness is the dog asleep in the sun." -Sinclair Lewis, The Trail of the Hawk The Trail of the Hawk (1915) is a coming-of-age novel that describes the struggles of Carl Ericson as he tries to reconcile his desire for adventure with societal expectations. In classic Lewis style, the author explores the effects of immigration, convention, entrepreneurship, love, maturit...

Humor is next to Godliness." ¿ Sinclair Lewis, Mantrap To create Mantrap (1926), Sinclair Lewis adapted journals his brother Claude kept while the two traveled in Canada two years before the book appeared. In it, the author created the story of New York lawyer Ralph Prescott's journey into the Saskatchewan territory and of his adventures there. Two separate films, Mantrap (1926) and Untamed (1940), both of which were based on the story, were p...

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Exceedingly bright and just a tad bit salacious, Martin Arrowsmith is a man on two missions. The first, make a name for himself at medical school in order to become recognized in the broader scientific community. The second? Pursue every woman who will give him the opportunity to do so. Arrowsmith is an award-winning novel by Sinclair Lewis.

Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonist, the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money (though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a su...

The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life is a 1915 novel by Sinclair Lewis. The story follows the life of Carl Ericson as he grows up and matures. He has to face the choice of either going to his town college, to a private school with a childhood friend, or live in the wilderness with his older friend, who had a cottage in the middle of the forest. (wikipedia.org) About the author: Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885...

Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonist, the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money (though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a su...

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