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Sinclair Lewis

Born

in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, The United States

February 07, 1885

Died

January 10, 1951

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Jacques Loeb, Félix d'Herelle, Upton Sinclair ...more

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Novelist Harry Sinclair Lewis satirized middle-class America in his 22 works, including Babbitt (1922) and Elmer Gantry (1927) and first received a Nobel Prize for literature in 1930.

Middle-class values and materialism attach unthinking George F. Babbitt, the narrow-minded, self-satisfied main character person in the novel of Sinclair Lewis.

People awarded "his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters."

He knowingly, insightfully, and critically viewed capitalism and materialism between the wars. People respect his strong characterizations of modern women.

Henry Louis Mencken wrote, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade...i ...more

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Sinclair Lewis’s books

Average rating: 3.78 · 90,273 ratings · 8,222 reviews · 377 distinct works • Similar authors

	Main Street 3.78 avg rating — 26,125 ratings — published 1920 — 304 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babbitt 3.69 avg rating — 23,997 ratings — published 1922 — 1266 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Can't Happen Here 3.78 avg rating — 20,259 ratings — published 1935 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis, E.L. Doctorow (Afterword) 3.84 avg rating — 8,153 ratings — published 1925 — 347 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elmer Gantry 4.01 avg rating — 6,014 ratings — published 1927 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dodsworth 4.03 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 1929 — 183 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingsblood Royal really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 839 ratings — published 1947 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Air by Sinclair Lewis, Robert E. Fleming (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 1919	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Main Street / Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, John Hersey (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 1992 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cass Timberlane 3.62 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1945 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Sinclair Lewis

The Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis (1904–1949) (1 book)
by

Sinclair Lewis,

Samuel J. Rogal (Editor)

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Quotes by Sinclair Lewis (?)

“We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.”
― Sinclair Lewis

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“I think perhaps we want a more conscious life.”
― Sinclair Lewis

1163 likes

“It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.”
― Sinclair Lewis

tags: motivational, on-writing

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Polls

What fiction book would you like to read for February's book of the month?

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

12 votes, 40.0%

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

8 votes, 26.7%

Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow

5 votes, 16.7%

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

3 votes, 10.0%

Kipps by H.G. Wells

2 votes, 6.7%

30 total votes

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