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• Pilgrim’s Progress

  Sinclair Lewis, with a crumpled face, red hair, manic zest, and manic writing, came forth from Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the year of his birth, 1885. His father was a doctor and after the death of his mother he had a kind, ambitious, ever-onward stepmo ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sat, 28 Aug 2010

• The Romance of Sinclair Lewis

  1. Elmer Gantry. It Can’t Happen Here. Babbitt. Main Street. Dodsworth. Arrowsmith. Sinclair Lewis. The first four references are part of the language; the next two are known to many, while the last name has a certain Trivial Pursuit resonance; yet h ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Thu, 26 Aug 2010

2 Reviews

• This is a book I picked up at Bailywick books in New Milford, CT. I rarely purchase books but I had a gift card to use so I found this one. It really is a classic novel - long and at points drab and hard to get through. The redeeming quality is the way it is written. Lewis really paints a picture fo ... (continue)

  This is a book I picked up at Bailywick books in New Milford, CT. I rarely purchase books but I had a gift card to use so I found this one. It really is a classic novel - long and at points drab and hard to get through. The redeeming quality is the way it is written. Lewis really paints a picture for you. Its also historical fiction so you feel like you've experienced a bit of the past and it leaves you really feeling ties to the good old-fashioned small town lifestyle. Its definitely a great read, and I would probably reread this at some point.

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  karattack said on Jan 4, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• Critical comment(s)/introduction:

  [The author] was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1930) and [this book] was the work that, upon its 1920 publication, first won him serious critical recognition. [It] is an American classic, a staple of high school and college literature courses and a popular favorite with ... (continue)

  [The author] was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1930) and [this book] was the work that, upon its 1920 publication, first won him serious critical recognition. [It] is an American classic, a staple of high school and college literature courses and a popular favorite with general readers as well.

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  Your Sources said on Jul 24, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback 560 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1593080360
• ISBN-13: 9781593080365
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
• Pub date: Aug 01, 2003
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 645 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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