Sinclair Lewis

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born

February 07, 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, The United States

died

January 10, 1951

gender

male

website

http://www.english.ilstu.edu/separry/sinclairle...

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930 "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters."

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Books by Sinclair Lewis

Average rating: 3.66 · 16,137 ratings · 1,268 reviews · 78 distinct works

	Main Street 3.65 avg rating — 5,681 ratings — published 1920 — 120 editions	My rating:
	Babbit 3.53 avg rating — 5,398 ratings — published 1922 — 129 editions	My rating:
	Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis, E.L. Doctorow (Afterword) 3.72 avg rating — 1,697 ratings — published 1925 — 34 editions	My rating:
	Elmer Gantry 3.91 avg rating — 1,232 ratings — published 1927 — 32 editions	My rating:
	It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, Michael Meyer (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 1961 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis, Michael Meyer (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1929 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Kingsblood Royal 3.87 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 1947 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Main Street and Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, Robert Altman, John Hersey (Editor) 3.99 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Free Air by Sinclair Lewis, Robert E. Fleming (Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1919 — 33 editions	My rating:
	Cass Timberlane 3.56 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1945 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Sinclair Lewis

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”
― Sinclair Lewis

tags: fascism , freedom , politics , religion

783 people liked it

“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

61 people liked it

“We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.”
― Sinclair Lewis

21 people liked it

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Polls

What fiction book would you like to read for February's book of the month?

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

13 votes, 40.6%

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

8 votes, 25.0%

Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow

5 votes, 15.6%

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

4 votes, 12.5%

Kipps by H.G. Wells

2 votes, 6.3%

32 total votes

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