The Essential Sinclair Lewis Collection

ALL of the BEST works of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Sinclair Lewis in one collection. Part One features The First of Lewis’s Great Successes, Main Street & Babbitt, The Controversial Classic That Secured Sinclair’s Place As One Of America’s Preeminent Social Commentators. 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. Main Street shatters 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. Lewis’s portrayal of a marriage torn by disillusionment and a woman forced into compromises is at once devastating social satire and persuasive realism. His subtle characterizations and intimate details of small-town America make Main Street a complex and compelling work and established Lewis as an important figure in twentieth-century American literature. ********************************************************************************************************************************************* Businessman George F. Babbitt loves the latest appliances, brand names, and the Republican Party. In fact, he loves being a solid citizen even more than he loves his wife. But Babbitt comes to resent the middle-class trappings he has worked so hard to acquire. Realizing that his life is devoid of meaning, he grows determined to transcend his trivial existence and search for greater purpose. Raising thought-provoking questions while yielding hilarious consequences, and just as relevant today as ever. Babbitt’s quest for meaning forces us to confront the Babbitt in ourselves—and ponder what it truly means to be an American. Includes a detailed commentary of both Main Street & Babbitt The first chapter is dedicated to a Biography of Sinclair Lewis The Greatests Works of the first American Author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature Beautiful front and spine cover, ideal to get as a paperback gift (or just to keep yourself) The Second Book In This Series Includes His Other Famous Works, It Can't Happen Here & Arrowsmith. Make sure you click the button below and get both today by adding part 2 to your cart as well! "A novel, yes, but so unusual as not to fall easily into a class. There is practically no plot, yet the book is absorbing. It is so much like life itself, so extraordinarily real" ~ 1920's review of Main Street by the New York Times" Don't miss out on these timeless classics! Order your copy NOW.