The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel recounts the story of a Midwestern physician who is forced to give up his profession due to the ignorance, corruption, and greed of society.

A vulgar and licentious college football captain becomes a messenger of God as a suave evangelist preacher.

The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith, It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a President who becomes...

After a family member tragically falls ill, Una Golden was forced to move from Pennsylvania to New York in order to get a job to help support her family. Set in the early 1900s, going to the big city as a single woman was daunting and unconventional, but Una is dedicated to helping her family. After diligently job searching and excelling in additional training and education, Una discovers that she has the skills to be a talented commercial real estate...

Selected and edited by a preeminent Sinclair Lewis scholar, this new collection brings together the author's most vibrant and caustic tales about American life, particularly the issues of class, work, and money.

Jiminy Cricket introduces two stories: Bongo (based on a story by Sinclair Lewis) about a circus bear who wants to get back to the forest, and Mickey and the beanstalk, told by Edgar Bergen.

One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's midwestern corn belt.

A king in New York: A king fleeing a revolution takes refuge in the USA. He is led by an advertising agent to make commercials, is suspected of being a communist, testifies before the Un-American Activities Committee and returns to Europe A woman of Paris: When her elopement to her beau fails, Marie winds up in Paris as a kept woman whose attempt at reconciliation with her true love only leads to more grief and, finally, tragedy.

Presents the lives and literary output of more than 60 of America's most read authors in concise, stand-alone segments presented in chronological order.