Sinclair Lewis
1) Main Street
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Describes 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 that she lives in a small, self-satisfied, Midwestern town.
2) Arrowsmith
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Harbrace modern classics
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Signet classic volume CE 2691
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel recounts the story of a Midwestern physician who is forced to give up his profession due to the ignorance, corruption, and greed of society.
3) Free Air
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Bored of the parties and luxuries that come with her socialite lifestyle, Claire Boltwood longs for something more authentic in her life. Desperate for adventure, Claire and her father decide to travel from New York City to the Pacific Northwest in their automobile, a new privilege enjoyed by the rich. Though he is a clever businessman, Claire's father knows nothing about cars, so he encourages Claire to drive, challenging the gender stereotypes of...
4) The Job
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After a family member tragically falls ill, Una Golden was forced to move from Pennsylvania to New York in order to get a job to help support her family. Set in the early 1900s, going to the big city as a single woman was daunting and unconventional, but Una is dedicated to helping her family. After diligently job searching and excelling in additional training and education, Una discovers that she has the skills to be a talented commercial real estate...
6) Dodsworth
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"Meet Sam Dodsworth, an amiable fifty-year-old millionaire and "American Captain of Industry, believing in the Republican Party, high tariffs and, so long as they did not annoy him personally, in Prohibition and the Episcopal Church." Dodsworth runs an auto manufacturing firm, but his beautiful wife, Fran, obsessed with the notion that she is growing old, persuades him to sell his interest in the company and take her to Europe. He agrees for the sake...
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Library of America volume 59
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In Main Street and Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis drew on his boyhood memories of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, to reveal as no writer had done before the complacency and conformity of middle-class life in America. These remarkable novels combine brilliant satire with a lingering affection for the men and women who, as Lewis wrote of Babbitt, want "to seize something more than motor cars and a house before it's too late."
Main Street (1920), Lewis's first triumph,...
14) Dodsworth
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"Sam Dodsworth is a small town rags-to-riches millionaire who finds that his money cannot bring him happiness. His unsatisfied wife Fran, seeking glamour and sophistication, persuades him to take her on a grand tour of Europe, where she promptly deserts him for a romantic but penniless baron. Brokenhearted, Sam meets Edith, a widow who arouses passions he never thought he had and sets him on a collision course with his wife, unleashing a torrent of...
16) Arrowsmith
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The compelling story of a man torn between two sets of values. An idealistic small town doctor relocates to the West Indies hoping to end the bubonic-plague epidemic there. This sets off a tragic series of events that forces him to come to terms with his career and personal life.
17) Cass Timberlane
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Virginia Marshland is a vivacious young woman from the wrong side of the tracks, whose rebellious ways fascinate small town widowed judge Cass Timberlane. He's lonely enough to believe that his stuffy friends will accept her, and their marriage. But Virginia is too spirited by play the part of a dutiful society wife for long, and soon becomes tempted by a friend of Timberlane's, a man about town who seems to offer the sophistication and adventure...
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The adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Hang on for a wild ride with the fun-loving Mr. J. Thaddeus Toad. When his passion for motorcars lands him in hot water, he must rely on his faithful friends to clear his name. Then, meet the infamous Ichabod Crane whose comic rivalry for the affections of the town beauty leads to a heart-pounding race with the legendary Headless Horseman.
Fun and fancy free: Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts:...
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The adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Hang on for a wild ride with the fun-loving Mr. J. Thaddeus Toad. When his passion for motorcars lands him in hot water, he must rely on his faithful friends to clear his name. Then, meet the infamous Ichabod Crane whose comic rivalry for the affections of the town beauty leads to a heart-pounding race with the legendary Headless Horseman.
Fun and fancy free: Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts:...
20) Dodsworth
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Sam Dodsworth is a rags-to-riches millionaire who finds that his money cannot bring him happiness. His unsatisfied wife, Fran, seeking glamour and sophistication, persuades him to take her on a grand tour of Europe, where she promptly deserts him for a romantic but penniless baron. Brokenhearted, Sam meets Edith, a widow who arouses passions he never thought he had and sets him on a collision course with his wife, unleashing a torrent of desire, betrayal,...