Sinclair Lewis
1) Main Street
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Orphaned as a teen, Carol Milford grew up in a city in Minnesota. Already a compassionate person, Carol's time studying in college and grad school exposed her to diverse, radical ideas and lifestyles, which she learned to either accept or tolerate. After college, Carol earns a position as a librarian in the state capital city, yet finds the work to be unsatisfying. This is why she agrees when her new husband, a doctor named Will, asks if they can...
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Library of America volume 59
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Library of America
Pub. Date
c1992
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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,...
3) Free air
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Jonathan Cape
Pub. Date
1930
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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...
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First published in 1935, when Americans were still largely oblivious to the rise of Hitler in Europe, this prescient novel tells a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy and offers an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.
Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, is dismayed to find that many of the people he knows support presidential candidate Berzelius Windrip. The suspiciously fascist Windrip is
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Library of America volume 133
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2002
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"In Arrowsmith (1925) Lewis portrays the medical education and career of Martin Arrowsmith, a physician wo finds his comittment to the ideals of his profession tested by the greed and opportunism he encounters in private practice, public health work, and scientific research. Elmer Gantry (1927) aroused intense controversy with its brutal depiction of a hypocritcal preacher in relentless pursuit of worldly pleasure and power. Dodsworth (1929) follows...
9) Elmer Gantry
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2001
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One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's Midwestern Corn Belt.
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
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The adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Disney's 11th animated masterpiece introduces two literary classics to the screen; The wind in the willows and The legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Fun and fancy free: Jiminy Cricket bring to life the timeless tales of Bongo and Mickey and the beanstalk. This was the last animated feature starring Walt Disney as the voice of Mickey Mouse.
The reluctant dragon: Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process...
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Amazon.com
Pub. Date
2019
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Restricted to Kelley cardholders only. Meet the all-new Kindle, now with a built-in adjustable front light so you can read indoors and outdoors and at more times of day. Purpose-built for reading, Kindle features a glare-free touchscreen display that reads like real paper, even in direct sunlight. These Kindles come loaded with all the Kindle eBooks the Kelley Library has to offer- over 300 to choose from! Everyone will find something to read and...