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Sinclair Lewis

Born

in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, The United States

February 07, 1885

Died

January 10, 1951

Genre

Fiction

Influences

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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: 3.79 · 97,208 ratings · 9,378 reviews · 506 distinct works • Similar authors

	Main Street 3.78 avg rating — 26,894 ratings — published 1920 — 767 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 3.81 avg rating — 24,294 ratings — published 1935 — 126 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 — 24,836 ratings — published 1922 — 7 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 — 8,546 ratings — published 1925 — 102 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 — 6,379 ratings — published 1927 — 179 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 4.05 avg rating — 1,491 ratings — published 1929 — 196 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 3.98 avg rating — 881 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) 3.76 avg rating — 909 ratings — published 1919 — 63 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
	Main Street / Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, John Hersey (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 1992 — 22 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 — 392 ratings — published 1945 — 126 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

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“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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