Vad kommer att hända när Amerika styrs av en diktator? Det frågade sig Sinclair Lewis redan 1935 i den satiriska romanen Sånt händer inte här. År 2017 känns frågan mer aktuell än någonsin. Vi kommer in i handlingen när Berzelius 'Buzz' Windrip har besegrat Franklin D Roosevelt och valts till USA:s president. Han blir vald efter att underblåst folks rädslor för det främmande och lovat drastiska ekonomiska och sociala reformer samtidigt som han propagerat för patriotism och en återgång till 'traditionella' värden. Efter valet tar Windrip full kontroll över regeringen och inför, med hjälp av en hänsynslös paramilitär styrka ett totalitärt styre. Romanen kretsar kring journalisten Doremus Jessup som gör motstånd mot den nya regimen. 'Sånt händer inte här' är klart inspirerad av fascismens framväxt i Europa under 1930-talet och det är lätt att identifiera ledare som Hitler i texten. Samtidigt är det en skrämmande aktuell roman som fått nytt liv under våren i USA.

Sånt händer inte här

"It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis is a satirical novel that depicts the rise of a fascist government in the United States, exploring themes of power, democracy, and individual freedom. Through the story of a demagogic politician who becomes president, Lewis warns against the fragility of democracy and the dangers of authoritarianism. The novel is a critical examination of American society and politics in the 1930s, highlighting the potential for tyranny even in a democratic nation.

It Can't Happen Here

Carol Milford, a college-educated, progressive, ambitious young woman, is self-sufficient working as a librarian in St. Paul, when she meets a country doctor, Will Kennicott, who convinces her to marry him and move to the rural Minnesota town of Gopher Prairie. She arrives with dreams of beautifying the town, of establishing art and culture, of improving lives and promoting child welfare, but whose spirit is gradually and inexorably crushed by small-town attitudes, ignorance and bigotry. First published in 1920, Main Street is Sinclair Lewis' first major novel, and was a phenomenal success at the time. In 1930 Lewis would be the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for literature.

Main Street

Ralph Prescott håller på att tappa balansen. Livet som advokat i New York City tär på honom, men framför allt tankarna på att saker och ting inte blev som han hade hoppats plågar honom. För att finna tillbaka till meningen tar han en resa ut i Kanadas vildmarker. Men det blir inte som han tänkt sig. Vildmarken är tuff och det är lätt att gå vilse. Han blir erbjuden att stanna över hos en vänlig man, och det är då han först gången träffar den vackra, charmiga Alverna. Det blir upptakten till en snårig kärlekshistoria som bara kan sluta på ett sätt... Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en amerikansk författare. Lewis var den förste amerikanska författare som fick Nobelpriset i litteratur (1930).

Fällan

The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis, first published in 1917. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, who desires to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage. The story takes place in the early 1900-1920's and takes Una from a small Pennsylvania town to New York. Forced to work due to family illness, Una shows a talent for the traditional male bastion of commercial real estate and, while valued by her company, she struggles to achieve the same status of her male coworkers. On a parallel track, her quest for traditional romance and love is important but her unique role as a working woman... makes it tough to find an appropriate suitor. The Job was published before Lewis achieved any significant fame and provides insights on working women as well as the unique nature (for the time) of having a woman as the lead character. Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women.

The Job

Arrowsmith is a novel by American author Sinclair Lewis, first published in 1925. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined). Lewis was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Paul de Kruif, who received 25% of the royalties on sales, although Lewis was listed as the sole author. Arrowsmith is an early major novel dealing with the culture of science. It was written in the period after the reforms of medical education flowing from the Flexner Report on Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1910, which had called on medical schools in the United States to adhere to mainstream science in their teaching and research. The book was adapted by Hollywood as Arrowsmith in 1931, featuring Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay.

Arrowsmith

The Trail of the Hawk: a Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis was published in 1915. The Trail of the Hawk, is Sinclair Lewis’ second novel published under his own name. It was not at the time of release a smashing success as his later works, Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and others, but his style and immense talent are certainly evident. We travel with The Hawk, or Carl Ericson, son of Norwegian immigrants, born at the end of the 19th century through the first three adventurous periods of the young man’s life. We see him as an adventurous boy, running away with Gertie Cowels, the girl that lives in the big house in the better part of town, only to be rescued by Bone Stillman, a backwoods philosopher and influence on Carl. We travel with him as he leaves his childhood, Gertie and Joralemon behind, for a short attempt at higher education, then to pursue the hobo life, a Bowery bartender, an engineer in Panama and an aviator. It is during the aviator phase that he becomes Hawk Ericson barnstorming his way across America, an exciting but dangerous lifestyle. Leaving aviation after too many close calls, and the loss of his best friend, he becomes an automobile man, and moves into phase three. It is in phase three, love adventure, that we find The Hawk in New York, mingling with polite society quite by accident. He is smitten by Ruth Winslow, while riding on a streetcar after a fight with Gertie, and follows Ruth to a party which he crashes. The listener will enjoy it, a trip into post Victorian, pre Jazz Age America. Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women.

The Trail of the Hawk

Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man is a 1914 novel by Sinclair Lewis. "At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at a desk behind the stock-room. He was a meek little bachelor--a person of inconspicuous blue ready-made suits, and a small unsuccessful mustache." Mr. Wrenn, however has a rich inner life embellished by his own imagination. When he comes into a modest inheritance, he feels he ought to learn to get out and wander a bit, and then his education begins. He finds life more "interesting", perhaps than he had "imagined". . . Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women.

Our Mr. Wrenn

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis was first published in 1922. Sinclair Lewis’ George F. Babbitt is a complicated and conflicted character. When you think you have his next move figured out he surprises you. As you begin to like him, he does something to evoke the “what a rat” response. Male menopause wasn’t a pre Great Depression term, but I would say George has all the symptoms. At a pudgy balding forty six he looks at his life, wife, family and business. He sees himself as a pretty successful business man, but when Tanis, the lonely widow, has a leaky roof, he sees an opportunity for perhaps a more fulfilling relationship then he has at home. Add to Tanis a foray into radical politics, and we are about to whiteness an emotional and financial train wreck with Babbitt at the throttle. This is a long story, but well worth listening to. Human nature hasn’t changed much in the last ninety years. Largely a satire of American culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt was influential in the decision to award Lewis the Nobel Prize in literature in 1930. Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women.

Babbitt

The Innocents, A Story for Lovers by Sinclair Lewis was first published in 1917. “Mr. and Mrs. Seth Appleby were almost old. They called each other 'Father' and 'Mother.' But frequently they were guilty of holding hands, or of cuddling together in corners, and Father was a person of stubborn youthfulness.” It is only by subterfuge that Seth is able every year to obtain his two week's vacation from the shoe store, and they are off to the farm-house of Uncle Joe Tubbs on Cape Cod. But this year the vacation turns into a full blown scheme to open a country tea room somewhere on Cape Cod, and their life suddenly begins to change. . . . Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women.

The Innocents

This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's "Note-books."

A blistering rebuke of religious hypocrisy, Elmer Gantry is the story of a charismatic and manipulative social climber who rises to power within his church, despite his insincerity. Though he preaches against immorality and temptation, Reverend Dr Elmer Gantry can’t seem to give up his own vices, and he leaves a trail of broken people behind him in his pursuit of pleasure and power, betraying anybody and doing anything to get ahead. Published in 1927, the novel created a furore upon its publication, resulting in threats of violence against the author, who was called ‘Satan’s cohort’. However, the book was a commercial success, and it is considered a landmark in American literature. It is recognised today for its prescient depiction of power and fanaticism.

Elmer Gantry

The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life is a 1915 novel by Sinclair Lewis. The story follows the life of Carl Ericson as he grows up and matures. He has to face the choice of either going to his town college, to a private school with a childhood friend, or live in the wilderness with his older friend, who had a cottage in the middle of the forest.

The Innocents: A Story for Lovers is a 1917 novel by Sinclair Lewis. This distinctive pulp novel follows a longtime married couple as they vacation away from their home in New York City and contemplate starting a business.

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions [Edwin Abbott Abbott] Lady Susan [Jane Austen] R. Holmes & Co. [John Kendrick Bangs] Mrs. Raffles [John Kendrick Bangs] The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont [Robert Barr] Love Insurance [Earl Derr Biggers] The Mirror of Kong Ho [Ernest Bramah Smith] The Ghost-Extinguisher [Frank Gelett Burgess] Erewhon, or Over The Range [Samuel Butler] Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice [James Branch Cabell] Sylvie and Bruno [Lewis Carroll] The Napoleon of Notting Hill [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton [Wardon Allan Curtis] Our Mutual Friend [Charles Dickens] Brother Jacob [George Eliot] Cheerful—By Request [Edna Ferber] Cabbages and Kings [O. Henry] Crome Yellow [Aldous Huxley] All Roads Lead to Calvary [Jerome Klapka Jerome] Babbitt [Sinclair Lewis] Parnassus On Wheels [Christopher Morley] Beasts and Super-Beasts [Saki] A Tale of Negative Gravity [Frank R. Stockton] Gulliver's Travels [Jonathan Swift] Botchan [Natsume Sōseki] A Voyage to the Moon [George Tucker] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Mark Twain] The Wheels of Chance [H. G. Wells] The Canterville Ghost [Oscar Wilde] My Man Jeeves [P. G. Wodehouse]

30 Humorous Masterpieces you have to read before you die

Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man is a 1914 novel by Sinclair Lewis and the first to be published under his real name. Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company, quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. He decides to go traveling.

The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage. The story takes place in the early 1900-1920s and takes Una from a small Pennsylvania town to New York. Forced to work due to family illness, Una shows a talent for the traditional male bastion of commercial real estate and, while valued by her company, she struggles to achieve the same status of her male coworkers. On a parallel track, her quest for traditional romance and love is important but her unique role as a working woman, doing a man's job, makes it tough to find an appropriate suitor.

Babbittis a scathing critique of early 20th-century American society, written by Sinclair Lewis. The novel portrays the life of George F. Babbitt, a middle-class real estate agent in the fictional city of Zenith. Through this character, Lewis delivers a satire on conformity, materialism, and the moral emptiness of American culture during that era. Babbitt is a man trapped in a predictable and superficial routine, forced to confront his own dissatisfaction and the social pressures that surround him. The work exposes the hypocrisy of the American Dream, showing how social expectations crush individuality and promote a life focused on material success, leaving no room for authenticity or personal growth. Since its publication, Babbitt has been praised for its sharp social observation and its critiques of consumerism and cultural uniformity. The novel not only reflects the issues of its time but also remains relevant in today's discussions on identity, conformity, and the struggles of individuals against societal norms.

BABBITT - Sinclair Lewis

George Babbitt has it all: a successful real estate job, a shiny car, a modern house equipped with all the latest technology, and a devoted wife and three children. However, underneath his public persona, he’s beginning to feel that something is missing, and when a tragic incident occurs Babbitt revolts against his hollow life. Can he overthrow everything he values, or will he remain trapped in the machinery of modern life? Set and published in the prohibition era of the 1920s, Babbitt remains as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published. Its take on American consumerist culture, middle-class life and conformism was instrumental in the decision to award Sinclair Lewis the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930.

With his breathtaking social insight and his graceful sentences, Sinclair Lewis-a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner-stands out as one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. At turns lyrically soul-searching and scathing in its honesty, Babbitt captures the essence of the 1920s while remaining a timeless piece of literature. Babbitt, the ultimate conformist and social climber, seeks power in his community and self-esteem from others. Outwardly, he is the ultimate "big booster," and he toes the company line with "zip and zowie." In his dreams, however, he is tormented by the emptiness of his soul.

In "It Can't Happen Here," Sinclair Lewis presents a chilling political dystopia that serves as a prescient warning against the fragility of democracy. Through sharp satire and vivid narrative, he explores the rise of a fascist regime in America, led by the populist rhetoric of a character reminiscent of real-life tyrants. Lewis's prose is incisive, employing a blend of humor and stark realism that compels readers to confront the uncomfortable truths about their society. The book critiques the complacency and apathy of the American populace, illustrating how ordinary citizens can become complicit in the erosion of their freedoms. Sinclair Lewis, a Nobel laureate and prominent figure of American literature, was deeply influenced by the political climate of the 1930s, following the Great Depression and the rise of totalitarian regimes abroad. As a keen observer of societal trends, his own experiences with small-town life and the pulse of American culture informed his depiction of the unsettling and plausible descent into autocracy. Lewis's own activism and disdain for political corruption are reflected in this cautionary tale. "It Can't Happen Here" is not just a novel but a timeless discourse on the themes of power, fear, and societal responsibility. It is essential reading for anyone who values democracy and wishes to understand the potential vulnerabilities within their own political system. Lewis's work resonates profoundly in today's world, making it a crucial addition to any thoughtful reader's library.

IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE (Political Dystopia)

Free Air is a 1919 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. A silent film adaptation of the novel was also released on April 30, 1922. The film starred Tom Douglas as Milt Daggett and Marjorie Seaman as Claire Boltwood. This cheerful little road novel, published in 1919, is about Claire Boltwood, who, in the early days of the 20th century, travels by automobile from New York City to the Pacific Northwest, where she falls in love with a nice, down-to-earth young man and gives up her snobbish Estate.

Free Air

Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930. The word Babbitt entered the English language as a "person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards".

Main Street is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920. The story is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's hometown. The novel takes place in the 1910s, with references to the start of World War I, the United States' entry into the war, and the years following the end of the war, including the start of Prohibition. Satirizing small town life, Main Street is perhaps Sinclair Lewis's most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. It relates the life and struggles of Carol Milford Kennicott as she comes into conflict with the small-town mentality of the residents of Gopher Prairie. Highly acclaimed upon publication, Main Street remains a recognized American classic.

This book contains several HTML tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Clèves Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous Liaisons Lawrence, D. H.: Sons and Lovers Lawrence, D. H.: The Rainbow Le Fanu, Sheridan: In a Glass Darkly Lewis, Matthew Gregory: The Monk Lewis, Sinclair: Main Street London, Jack: The Call of the Wild Lovecraft, H.P.: At the Mountains of Madness Mann, Thomas: Royal Highness Maugham, William Somerset: Of Human Bondage Maupassant, Guy de: Bel-Ami Melville, Herman: Moby-Dick Poe, Edgar Allan: The Fall of the House of Usher Proust, Marcel: Swann's Way Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Udolpho Richardson, Samuel: Clarissa Sand, George: The Devil’s Pool Scott, Walter: Ivanhoe Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis Sinclair, May: Life and Death of Harriett Frean Sinclair, Upton: The Jungle Stendhal: The Red and the Black Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma Sterne, Laurence: Tristram Shandy Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island Stoker, Bram: Dracula Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom’s Cabin Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels Tagore, Rabindranath: The Home and the World Thackeray, William Makepeace: Vanity Fair Tolstoy, Leo: War and Peace Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina Trollope, Anthony: The Way We Live Now Turgenev, Ivan: Fathers and Sons Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Verne, Jules: Journey to the Center of the Earth Wallace, Lew: Ben-Hur Wells, H. G.: The Time Machine West, Rebecca: The Return of the Soldier Wharton, Edith: The Age of Innocence Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray Xueqin, Cao: The Dream of the Red Chamber Zola, Émile: Germinal

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 2 [newly updated] (Book House Publishing)

Babbitt is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.

Buzz Windrip, für seine Gegner ein "ungebildeter Lügner mit idiotischer Weltanschauung" und ein gefährlicher Populist, will Präsidentschaftskandidat werden. Er gibt vor, sich für die kleinen Leute einzusetzen, und verspricht, "aus Amerika wieder ein stolzes Land zu machen". Trotz völlig unglaubwürdiger Versprechen laufen ihm die Wähler zu, und er zieht ins Weiße Haus ein. Sogleich regiert er wie ein absolutistischer Herrscher, beschneidet die Freiheiten der Minderheiten, legt sich mit Mexiko an und lässt seine Kritiker rabiat verfolgen. Einer davon ist der liberale Zeitungsherausgeber Doremus Jessup, der sich nicht mundtot machen lassen will.

Das ist bei uns nicht möglich (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Stjärnkatten är en novell av Sinclair Lewis, först publicerad 1919. Här i översättning av Hugo Hultenberg. SINCLAIR LEWIS [1885-1951] var en amerikansk författare. Efter examen från Yale skrev han för tidningar som Cosmopolitan och The Saturday Evening Post. Han fick sitt litterära genombrott med den satiriska romanen Storgatan [Main Street, 1920]. Sinclair Lewis var den förste amerikanske författaren att tilldelas Nobelpriset.

Stjärnkatten

Ann Vickers är en ung pojkflicka. Hon är tidigt attraherad av kvinnor, men världen ser inte med blida ögon på samkönade relationer. Hon ansluter sig till suffragetterna i tidig ålder men får snabbt problem med rättvisan. För att kunna överleva måste hon börja tumma på sina principer. Men hur långt kan man verkligen gå innan man förlorar sig själv? Detta är en hyllad klassiker från en svunnen tid, men ändå en berättelse som har sin klangbotten i vår moderna samtid. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en amerikansk författare. Lewis var den förste amerikanska författare som fick Nobelpriset i litteratur (1930).

Ann Vickers

Den kidnappade paraden är en novell av Sinclair Lewis, först publicerad 1919. Här i översättning av Hugo Hultenberg. SINCLAIR LEWIS [1885-1951] var en amerikansk författare. Efter examen från Yale skrev han för tidningar som Cosmopolitan och The Saturday Evening Post. Han fick sitt litterära genombrott med den satiriska romanen Storgatan [Main Street, 1920]. Sinclair Lewis var den förste amerikanske författaren att tilldelas Nobelpriset.

Den kidnappade paraden

Den spökande konstapeln är en novell av Sinclair Lewis, först publicerad 1917. Här i översättning av Hugo Hultenberg. SINCLAIR LEWIS [1885-1951] var en amerikansk författare. Efter examen från Yale skrev han för tidningar som Cosmopolitan och The Saturday Evening Post. Han fick sitt litterära genombrott med den satiriska romanen Storgatan [Main Street, 1920]. Sinclair Lewis var den förste amerikanske författaren att tilldelas Nobelpriset.

Den spökande konstapeln

Babbitt blev ett fenomen i sin kritik mot sociala normer och medelklassliv. Den väckte starka känslor och debatt när den gavs ut. Huvudpersonen George F Babbitt är den typiske amerikanske framtidsmannen. En hårt arbetande familjefar, ständigt på språng och mån om sin status på samhällsstegen. För att säkra sin plats engagerar han sig i varenda förening och struntar i att bara njuta av livet. Tills han en dag börjar fundera över om hans liv inte är lite väl innehållslöst. Romanen hittar ständigt nya läsare och ordet "babbitt" har till och med blivit ett begrepp för en karriärist som desperat vill hålla sig i kvar i medelklassens rum.För just Babbitt tilldelades Sinclair Lewis Nobelpriset i litteratur 1930. Romanen är nyöversatt av Johan Nilsson.

Fart är en novell av Sinclair Lewis, först publicerad 1919. Här i översättning av Hugo Hultenberg. SINCLAIR LEWIS [1885-1951] var en amerikansk författare. Efter examen från Yale skrev han för tidningar som Cosmopolitan och The Saturday Evening Post. Han fick sitt litterära genombrott med den satiriska romanen Storgatan [Main Street, 1920]. Sinclair Lewis var den förste amerikanske författaren att tilldelas Nobelpriset.

Fart

Drottningens brev är en novell av Sinclair Lewis, först publicerad 1929. Här i översättning av Hugo Hultenberg. SINCLAIR LEWIS [1885-1951] var en amerikansk författare. Efter examen från Yale skrev han för tidningar som Cosmopolitan och The Saturday Evening Post. Han fick sitt litterära genombrott med den satiriska romanen Storgatan [Main Street, 1920]. Sinclair Lewis var den förste amerikanske författaren att tilldelas Nobelpriset.

Drottningens brev

En fåfäng, invandrarfientlig och skräckinjagande demagog kandiderar som USA:s president – och vinner. Buss Windrip är en »vanlig man«, han lovar de fattiga och arga väljarna att han ska förvandla Amerika till att åter bli det välmående, stolta land det en gång varit. 	Sinclair Lewis dystopiska roman Sånt händer inte här [It Can’t Happen Here, 1935] skrevs under den stora depressionen, när amerikanerna i stor utsträckning var omedvetna om Hitlers aggressiva framfart och den blomstrande fascismen i Europa. En otäckt realistisk skildring om en president som blir diktator för att rädda nationen. 	I översättning av Hugo Hultenberg. SINCLAIR LEWIS [1885-1951] var en amerikansk författare. Efter examen från Yale skrev han för tidningar som Cosmopolitan och The Saturday Evening Post. Han fick sitt litterära genombrott med den satiriska romanen Storgatan [Main Street, 1920]. Sinclair Lewis var den förste amerikanske författaren att tilldelas Nobelpriset. »Inte bara Lewis viktigaste bok, utan en av de viktigaste böckerna som någonsin publicerats i USA.« New Yorker

Sinclair Lewis romaner har förlänat honom ryktet som en av sin tids vassaste pennor, en utmärkelse som cementerades med att han tilldelades Nobelpriset i litteratur 1930. Berättelserna som samlas här är ett axplock ur författarens samlade produktion, texter som sträcker sig över genrer och temperament. Klassiskt eleganta berättelser om familjerelationer och romantik får ta plats bredvid mer makabra historier om en närliggande framtid som påminner alltför mycket om vår egen samtid. Detta är ett utmärkt exempel på amerikansk berättarkonst. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en amerikansk författare. Lewis var den förste amerikanska författare som fick Nobelpriset i litteratur (1930).

Vi leker kung och andra historier

Något är fel i Fred Complows liv. Som en medelålders, välförsedd realist har han allt man kan tänka sig: fru, två välartade barn, ett hem, en respekterad karriär och något som skulle kunna kallas integritet. Men det är något som skaver. Det är som om hans barn inte tar honom på allvar. För dem är han en vandrande bank som förser dem med pengar utan att de behöver ge något tillbaka. Men Complow börjar ärligt talat bli trött på det. Det är föräldrarnas tur att begå revolt! Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en amerikansk författare. Lewis var den förste amerikanska författare som fick Nobelpriset i litteratur (1930).

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Main Street is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920. The story is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's hometown. The novel takes place in the 1910s, with references to the start of World War I, the United States' entry into the war, and the years following the end of the war, including the start of Prohibition. Satirizing small town life, Main Street is perhaps Sinclair Lewis's most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. It relates the life and struggles of Carol Milford Kennicott as she comes into conflict with the small-town mentality of the residents of Gopher Prairie. Highly acclaimed upon publication, Main Street remains a recognized American classic. Plot |Carol Milford, the daughter of a judge, grew up in Mankato, Minnesota, and became an orphan in her teens. In college, she reads a book on village improvement in a sociology class and begins to dream of redesigning villages and towns. After college, she attends a library school in Chicago and is exposed to many radical ideas and lifestyles. She becomes a librarian in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state capital, but finds the work unrewarding. She marries Will Kennicott, a doctor, who is a small-town boy at heart...|Wikipedia|

“Arrowsmith” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Arrowsmith” is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined). Arrowsmith tells the story of bright and scientifically minded Martin Arrowsmith of Elk Mills, Winnemac (the same fictional state in which several of Lewis's other novels are set), as he makes his way from a small town in the Midwest to the upper echelons of the scientific community at a prestigious foundation in New York City.

Jorden är en novell av Sinclair Lewis, först publicerad 1931. Här i översättning av Hugo Hultenberg. SINCLAIR LEWIS [1885-1951] var en amerikansk författare. Efter examen från Yale skrev han för tidningar som Cosmopolitan och The Saturday Evening Post. Han fick sitt litterära genombrott med den satiriska romanen Storgatan [Main Street, 1920]. Sinclair Lewis var den förste amerikanske författaren att tilldelas Nobelpriset.

Jorden

Myron och Ora är bröder och så olika varandra man kan bli. Myron är en hårt arbetande rationell person. Ora är en dagdrömmare. I generationer har deras familj arbetat på hotell och värdshus. Alla väntar sig att de två bröderna ska göra detsamma. Men inom Ora växer en önskan om att slå sig fri, om att ge sig ut i den vida världen på äventyr ... Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en amerikansk författare. Lewis var den förste amerikanska författare som fick Nobelpriset i litteratur (1930).

Konstverket

Fred Cornplow er en typisk familiefar i den amerikanske middelklasse i 1930‘erne. Han bliver mere og mere træt af sin egoistiske voksne datter, Sarah, og sin søn, Howard, der aldrig rigtig har fået gang i sit liv. De ser deres far som et ligegyldigt og forældet væsen, der kun er deres opmærksomhed værd, når de har brug for penge. Men Fred gider ikke finde sig i det mere. Der er ikke tale om et ungdomsoprør, men et forældreoprør fra en far, der insisterer på, at forældre også er mennesker. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en populær og berømt amerikansk forfatter, da han levede, men også i dag er han populær. Han er især kendt for sine satiriske og dystopiske beskrivelser af sociale institutioner og relationer.

Forældre er også mennesker

Carl "Hawk" Ericson drømmer stort og satser stort. Vi følger ham, fra han er ganske ung, og ser ham jage den ene drøm efter den anden. Både romantik og karriere appellerer til den unge mand, men på trods af sine drømme om at blive advokat, ingeniør, footballspiller og meget andet ender han med at droppe ud af college og i stedet tage småjobs som chauffør, bartender og dørmand. "Falkens" gennembrud kommer, da han beslutter sig for at blive pilot og en helt ny verden – en verden, han kan begå sig i – åbner sig for ham. "Falkeflugt" er en bildungsroman med masser af humor og glimt i øjet. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en populær og berømt amerikansk forfatter, da han levede, men også i dag er han populær. Han er især kendt for sine satiriske og dystopiske beskrivelser af sociale institutioner og relationer.

Falkeflugt

I "Kunstværket" følger vi tre generationer af Weagle-familien, som alle er vokset op som både arbejdere og beboere på forskellige hoteller og pensionater. Ora er i modsætning til resten af familien slet ikke indstillet på det trivielle og ensformige hotelliv. Han er poetisk og flyvsk, men alligevel ikke hævet over at tigge penge fra sin fornuftige og intrigante bror Myron, der på mange måder er Oras modsætning. Sinclair Lewis‘ roman "Kunstværket" afbilleder på mesterlig vis den kolde jagt på materiel velstand i 1930‘ernes USA. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en populær og berømt amerikansk forfatter, da han levede, men også i dag er han populær. Han er især kendt for sine satiriske og dystopiske beskrivelser af sociale institutioner og relationer.

Kunstværket

Gideon Planish er en veltalende opportunist, der er fast besluttet på at kravle så langt og hurtigt som muligt op ad den sociale rangstige. Han bruger sine usædvanlige talegaver til at planlægge store fundraisere for tvivlsomme velgørenhedsorganisationer uden at gå op i, hvad pengene rent faktisk går til. Men Gideon Planishs ambitioner rækker længere end det, og efter han er blevet professor i retorik og har mødt sin drømmekvinde, beslutter han sig for at sigte efter en karriere i politik uden rigtig at vide, hvad hans mål og mærkesager skal være. Det skal han nok finde ud af, når han er blevet valgt. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en populær og berømt amerikansk forfatter, da han levede, men også i dag er han populær. Han er især kendt for sine satiriske og dystopiske beskrivelser af sociale institutioner og relationer.

En mand gør karriere

Neil Kingsblood har aldrig lagt synderligt mærke til racismen i det amerikanske samfund. Han bor med sin familie i et nabolag, der kun er for hvide mennesker, og på den måde er det let at ignorere den uretfærdighed, der endnu florerer i USA i midten af 1900-tallet. Alt ændrer sig imidlertid for den stilfærdige bankmand, da han opdager, at han nedstammer fra en afrikansk eventyrer, der arbejdede som pelsjæger i de amerikanske grænselande for mange år siden. Udadtil ligner Neil enhver anden hvid amerikaner, men opdagelsen af sin ægte baggrund får ham til at se på sig selv og det raceopdelte samfund, han lever i, på en helt ny måde. Hvor hører han egentligt til henne? I den trivielle bankverden befolket af hvide mænd eller på barrikaderne med de sorte borgerrettighedsforkæmpere? Da folk i hans omgangskreds får nys om hans sande ophav, udvikler historien sig i en meget grim retning... Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en populær og berømt amerikansk forfatter, da han levede, men også i dag er han populær. Han er især kendt for sine satiriske og dystopiske beskrivelser af sociale institutioner og relationer.

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Ann Vickers er en ung idealistisk kvinde fra det amerikanske Midwest. Da hun er færdig med college i starten af det tyvende århundrede, bliver hun involveret i suffragettebevægelsen og går i fængsel for sin sag. Under indespærringen erfarer hun, at det ikke kun er kvinders stemmeret, der skal kæmpes for. Hun beslutter sig for at dedikere sin tid til at gøre livet bedre for samfundets dårligst stillede, både dem inden for og uden for fængslets mure. Sideløbende med hendes arbejde for at forbedre samfundet følger vi Ann Vickers‘ komplicerede kærlighedsliv, hendes arbejde som socialrådgiver under Første Verdenskrig og hendes andre oplevelser i det amerikanske samfund i mellemkrigstiden. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en populær og berømt amerikansk forfatter, da han levede, men også i dag er han populær. Han er især kendt for sine satiriske og dystopiske beskrivelser af sociale institutioner og relationer.

Una Golden er en ung amerikansk kvinde, der i starten af det tyvende århundrede kæmper en hård kamp for at blive værdsat på arbejdsmarkedet på samme vilkår som sine mandlige kolleger. Hun er dygtig og ikke bange for at gå ind i ejendomsbranchen, som ellers er totalt domineret af mænd. Men Una ønsker også at blive gift en dag, og det viser sig at være overordentligt svært at finde en mand, der kan finde sig til rette med at være gift med en karrierekvinde. "Kampen" beskriver den kvindekamp, der var godt i gang i USA i starten af 1900-tallet, og bliver anset som en af de første amerikanske romaner, der slår et slag for kvinders rettigheder på arbejdsmarkedet. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) var en populær og berømt amerikansk forfatter, da han levede, men også i dag er han populær. Han er især kendt for sine satiriske og dystopiske beskrivelser af sociale institutioner og relationer.

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