Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951)

Author of Babbitt

Includes the names: Lewis Sinclair, Harry Sinclair Lewis, Синклер Льюис
Also includes: Sinclair (1)

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Harry Sinclair Lewis was born on February 7, 1885 in Minnesota. He 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. A lonely child, Lewis immersed himself in reading and diary writing. While studying at Yale University and living in writer Upton Sinclair's communal house, he wrote for Yale Literary Magazine and helped to build the Panama Canal. After graduating from Yale in 1908, Lewis began writing fiction, publishing 22 novels by the end of his career. His early works, while often praised by literary critics, did not reach popularity but with Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), and Dodsworth (1929), Sinclair Lewis achieved fame as a writer. His style of choice was satire; he explored American small-town life, conformity, hypocrisy, and materialism. Sinclair Lewis was married and divorced twice. As his career wound down, he spent his later life in Europe and died in Rome on January 10, 1951. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Babbitt … (more)

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Works by Sinclair Lewis

Babbitt 4,618 copies, 85 reviews

Main Street 3,742 copies, 65 reviews

It Can't Happen Here 2,871 copies, 78 reviews

Arrowsmith 1,896 copies, 30 reviews

Elmer Gantry 1,394 copies, 42 reviews

Dodsworth 552 copies, 10 reviews

Kingsblood Royal 496 copies, 9 reviews

Cass Timberlane 382 copies, 4 reviews

Main Street / Babbitt 364 copies, 3 reviews

Arrowsmith / Elmer Gantry / Dodsworth 274 copies, 1 review

Ann Vickers 155 copies, 1 review

Lewis at zenith; a three-novel omnibus: Main Street. Babbitt. Arrowsmith 129 copies

Free Air 129 copies, 10 reviews

The Prodigal Parents 87 copies, 2 reviews

Work of Art 85 copies, 2 reviews

Fun and Fancy Free [1947 film] (Writer) 85 copies, 3 reviews

Bethel Merriday 76 copies, 1 review

Mantrap 72 copies, 3 reviews

The God-Seeker 70 copies, 3 reviews

The Job 68 copies, 3 reviews

Our Mr. Wrenn 67 copies, 5 reviews

Gideon Planish 67 copies, 2 reviews

Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis 64 copies, 3 reviews

World So Wide 63 copies, 4 reviews

Sinclair Lewis 42 copies

The Trail of the Hawk 34 copies

A Sinclair Lewis Reader: The Man from Main Street 33 copies, 1 review

The Man Who Knew Coolidge 32 copies, 1 review

Elmer Gantry [1960 film] (Novel) 27 copies, 1 review

Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis 25 copies

The Days of the King (Preface) 24 copies

The Innocents: A Story for Lovers 23 copies

Go East, Young Man: Sinclair Lewis on Class in America 23 copies

If I Were Boss: The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis 19 copies

I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories 18 copies, 1 review

Storm in the West 10 copies, 1 review

From Main Street to Stockholm: Letters of Sinclair Lewis, 1919-1930 9 copies, 1 review

Stories 8 copies, 1 review

Los Premios Pulitzer de novela (I) 8 copies

The Ghost Patrol and Other Stories 7 copies

Hike and the Aeroplane 7 copies

The Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis 6 copies

The Ghost Patrol 5 copies

Cheap and Contented Labor: The Picture of a Southern Mill Town in 1929,… 4 copies

John Dos Passos' Manhattan transfer 4 copies

Jayhawker: a Play in Three Acts 4 copies

Let's Play King 4 copies

Le opere : Babbit ; Falene attorno alla lampada ; Il sentiero dei salici ;… 3 copies

Seven Selected Short Stories 3 copies

Sinclair Lewis's Collected Works 3 copies

7 Novel Dystopian Collection 3 copies

Minnesota Diary, 1942-46 3 copies

Die Hauptstraße 2 3 copies

The Willow Walk 3 copies

The Best is Yet to Be 3 copies

Die Hauptstraße Band 1: Roman - Taschenbuch der Weltliteratur 3 copies

30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (Golden Deer Classics) 2 copies

The American village in a global setting selected papers from an… 2 copies

Summary and analysis of it can't happen here 2 copies

Cárceles de mujeres. Vol II 2 copies

Cárceles de mujeres . Vol I 2 copies

ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis 1961 Signet Edition Mass Market PB New… 2 copies

The God Seeker 2 copies

Stories of Sinclair Lewis 2 copies, 1 review

Best-in-books 2 copies

Novelas escogidas (Calle mayor, Babbitt, El doctor Arrowsmith) 2 copies, 1 review

Main Street - Sinclair Lewis - The Franklin Library - Hal Ashmead… 2 copies

Best-In-Books: Dodsworth / Great Impersonation / Green Hat / Along With… 2 copies

Walt Disney's Bongo (a Big Golden book) (Original story) 2 copies

Opere 2 copies

Young Man Axelbrod 2 copies

Travel Is So Broadening 2 copies

Gesammelte Erzählungen 2 copies

Dopis od královny a jiné povídky 1 copy

Cass Timberlane, Roman 1 copy

Lewis at Zenith-A Three-Novel Omnibus: Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith 1 copy

Main Street (Annotated): 100th Anniversary Edition 1 copy

Sinclair Lewis 1 copy

Delphi Complete Novels of Sinclair Lewis (Illustrated) 1 copy

Delphi Collected Works of Sinclair Lewis (Illustrated) 1 copy

Arrowsmith (Harbrace Modern Classics) Lewis, sinclair 1 copy

De sang royal: roman 1 copy

Rare -Sinclair Lewis MANTRAP First edition Nice 1926 Hardcover Facsimile… 1 copy

Omicidio post-mortem 1 copy

Keep out of the kitchen. 1 copy

Main Street 1 copy

Af Kongeblod (bind 1 og 2) 1 copy

The Complete Novels of Sinclair Lewis 1 copy

Babbitt 1 copy

Sinclair Lewis Boxed Set – 16 titles in One Volume: Babbitt, Main… 1 copy

Собрание сочинений. Том 8 1 copy

Собрание сочинений. Том 7 1 copy

Собрание сочинений. Том 5 1 copy

Собрание сочинений. Том 2 1 copy

Собрание сочинений. Том 6 1 copy

. Sauk Centre, 7/2/1885 - Roma, 10/1/1955 1 copy

OS IMORTAIS DA LITERATURA UNIVERSAL - BABBITT 1 copy

Sinclair Lewis (series) 6 vols 1 copy, 1 review

Собрание сочинений. Том 9 1 copy

Собрание сочинений. Том 4 1 copy

The Works of Sinclair Lewis 1 copy

Works of Sinclair Lewis. Main Street, Babbitt, The Innocents, The Trail of… 1 copy

Rare First Printing w/ DJ Sinclair Lewis World So Wide Random House 1951 1 copy

Virga Vay & Allan Cedar 1 copy

Бэббит ; Эроусмит 1 copy

Собрание сочинений. Том 1 1 copy

Собрание сочиненний. Том 3 1 copy

Babbitt & Main Street 1 copy

Novelas escogidas Calle Mayor, Babbitt, El doctor Arrowsmith 1 copy

VAHSI ASK 1 copy

Novelas escogidas Sinclair Lewis tomo 1 1 copy

Samples: A Book Containing Many Fine Pages from the Books to be Published… 1 copy

Cass Timberlane 1 copy

Martin Arrowsmith. 2 1 copy

Sinclair Lewis Set: Ann Vikers, Arrowsmith, Babbit, It Can't Happen Here,… 1 copy

"... König sein dagegen sehr!" Roman 1 copy

L'amore in automobile 1 copy

Main Street (Volume 1 of 3) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) 1 copy

Kuninganna kiri : valik novelle 1 copy

Vzduch zdarma, Clovek ktery znal prezidenta, Motyli ve svetle obloukovek 1 copy

Vid ratten 1 copy

SINCLAIR LEWIS PREMIUM COLLECTION NOVELS 1 TO 7. Our Mr.Wrenn; The Trail… 1 copy

The man from Main Street : selected essays and other writings: 1904-1950 1 copy

Sinclair Lewis : Nobel per la letteratura 1930: Il nostro signor Wrenn -… 1 copy

Babbitt (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) 1 copy

The Sinclair Lewis Collection 1 copy

Moths in the Arc Light 1 copy

Sinclair Lewis Boxed Set – 16 titles in One Volume: Babbitt, Main… 1 copy

2018 1 copy

Peatänav : Carol Kennicotti lugu : [inglise keelest tõlkinud… 1 copy

Dragon's Teeth 1 copy

Krely Královská 1 copy

Cass Timberlake 1 copy

SINCLAIR LEWIS Premium Collection 1 copy

La avenida de los sauces 1 copy

LEWIS: MAIN STREET/ BABBITT 1 copy

LEWIS: ARROWSMITH/ ELMER GANTRY/ DODSWORTH 1 copy

Vzuch Zadarmo 1 copy

Main Street: The Best Adaptation 1 copy

Muž, který znal presidenta 1 copy

A book of prefaces [by] Van Wyck Brooks, G.K. Chesterton, Bernard De Voto,… 1 copy

Fuego otoänal : novela 1 copy

Meillä sitä ei voi tapahtua 1 copy

Tuhlaaja-vanhemmat : romaani 1 copy

La via principale - volume primo (Maree) 1 copy

Det kan aldri hende her : roman 1 copy

Aire libre - Hermann Lauscher - Vida azarosa (Contributor) 1 copy

Rare Sinclair Lewis / Free Air First Edition 1924 1 copy

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The Old Man and the Sea (Introduction, some editions) 27,152 copies, 454 reviews

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Introduction, some editions) 16,984 copies, 160 reviews

Short Story Masterpieces (Contributor) 600 copies, 4 reviews

A Subtreasury of American Humor (Contributor) 253 copies, 2 reviews

The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to… (Contributor) 214 copies, 3 reviews

The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime (Contributor) 161 copies, 6 reviews

Twenty Grand Short Stories (Contributor) 143 copies, 1 review

The Norton Book of Travel (Contributor) 106 copies, 1 review

The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Contributor) 72 copies, 2 reviews

The Fantastic Pulps (Contributor) 67 copies, 2 reviews

Great Stories by Nobel Prize Winners (Contributor) 58 copies, 1 review

Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's… (Contributor) 53 copies

The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (Contributor) 48 copies

Nobel Prize Library: Kawabata, Kipling, Lewis 37 copies

Ellery Queen's Book of Mystery Stories by 25 Famous Writers (Contributor) 35 copies, 1 review

The Lucifer Society (Contributor) 34 copies, 1 review

An American Omnibus (Contributor) 30 copies

Rogues' Gallery: The Great Criminals of Modern Fiction (Contributor) 26 copies

The good old days : a history of American morals and manners as seen… (Introduction) 26 copies, 1 review

Dodsworth [1936 film] (Original story) 23 copies, 2 reviews

The Panorama of Modern Literature (Contributor) 14 copies, 1 review

Nobel Writers on Writing (Contributor) 14 copies

New Stories for Men (Contributor) 12 copies

Jurgen and the Censor: Report of the Emergency Committee Organized to… (Contributor) 10 copies

The Best Short Stories of 1918 and the Yearbook of the American Short… (Contributor) 10 copies

Oogst der tĳden : keur uit de werken van schrĳvers en dichters aller… (Contributor) 9 copies

Arrowsmith [1931 film] (Original novel) 8 copies, 1 review

The Three Readers (Editor, some editions) 5 copies

The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (Contributor) 5 copies

Famous Stories of Five Centuries (Contributor) 3 copies

A Reader for Writers (Contributor) 2 copies

Twelve Great Modern Stories, A New Collection (Contributor) 1 copy

Modern American short stories (Contributor) 1 copy

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