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George F. Babbitt, a businessman, enjoys brand names, the newest appliances, and the Republican Party. He actually values his role as a good citizen more than he values his wife. However, Babbitt grows to dislike the trappings of the middle class that he has fought so hard to achieve. He grows resolved to overcome his meaningless existence and look for a higher purpose after realising how meaningless his life is. Babbitt's search for meaning c...

In WORK OF ART three generations of the Weagle family grow up in and work for boarding houses, inns and hotels. Focus is on two brothers, Myron and Ora, of the second generation. Poetic, ethereal Ora could not wait to escape hotel drudgery, though never too proud to ask plodding Myron for money.

Love or lifestyle? Samuel 'Sam' Dodsworth, an ambitious and innovative automobile designer paves his way to success and a fortune in the USA. In addition to his affluence in business, he manages to win the hand of Frances 'Fran' Voelker, a beautiful young socialite. However, the tide turns when he seeks an early retirement and sets off on a trip to Europe with his wife. Will this trip be everything that he imagined it to be? Set in the late 19...

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First published in English in 1927, "Elmer Gantry" is Sinclair Lewis' novel which satirizes the Christian fundamentalist and evangelistic movements of the early part of the 20th century. From the 17th century onward there have been a number of efforts to reassert the influence of Christianity on social, cultural, and political life. In America, Christian Revivalism, as it is often referred to, has come in four waves, or "Great Awakenings" star...

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Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can't Happen Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly relevant almost a century later.

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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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Using both satire and tragedy to explore medical and scientific themes. Lewis offers sharp criticism and wicked humor in discussing drugs, public health, and immunology, and more.