Sinclair Lewis

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,...

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...