Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis's Books(4)

Our Mr. Wrenn The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man

Literature

5.0

Our Mr. Wrenn The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis

The Innocents: A Story for Lovers

Literature

5.0

Sinclair Lewis was a prominent American author in the 20th century.  Lewis was the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.  Lewis' books are noted for their insightful commentaries on capitalism and materialism between World War I and World War II.  This edition of The Innocents: A Story for Lovers includes a table of contents.

Babbit

Modern

5.0

Prosperous and socially prominent, George Babbitt appears to have everything. But when a personal crisis forces the middle-aged real estate agent to reexamine his life, Babbitt mounts a rebellion that jeopardizes everything he values. Widely considered Sinclair Lewis' greatest novel, this satire remains an ever-relevant tale of an individual caught in the machinery of modern life.

Main Street

Modern

5.0

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 tries to bring culture to the small town. But her efforts to reform the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, conventionality, pitifully unambitious cultural endeavors, and—worst of all—the pettiness and bigotry of small-town minds.