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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can't Happen
Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American
writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly
relevant almost a century later. Charting the rise to power of
Berzelius 'Buzz' Windrip, who whips his supporters into a frenzy
while promising drastic reform under a banner of patriotism and
traditional values, It Can't Happen Here decries the tactics used
by politicians to mobilise voters, and exposes the danger of
authoritarianism arising from populist platforms, and the chaos
such regimes can leave in their wake.
Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a satirical novel by Sinclair
Lewis. Largely a critique of American culture, society, and
behaviour, it challenges conformity and "the American Dream."
Middle-aged George F. Babbitt, a property developer is a leading
citizen in the town of Zenith. He is lovingly married to his wife
Myra, with whom he has three children. Despite all his professional
success and nice family, Babbitt believes he is living a dull,
staid, middle-class life. He starts searching for a greater purpose
but his life is poised on a slippery slope. His journey raises
thought-provoking questions which were as relevant then as they are
today.
CASS TIMBERLANE- A NOVEL OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES by SINCLAIR LEWIS.
The scene of this story, the small city of Grand Republic in
Central Minnesota, is entirely imaginary, as are all the
characters. But I know tJiat the diameters will be identified, each
of them with several different real persons in each of the Minne
sota cities in which I have happily lingered: in Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Winona, St. Cloud, Mankato, Fergus Falls and par ticularly,
since it is only a little larger than Grand Republic and since I
live there, in the radiant, sea-fronting, hillside city of Duluth.
All such guesses will be wrong, but they will be so convincing that
even the writer will be astonished to learn how exactly he has
drawn some judge or doctor or banker or housewife of whom he has
never heard, or regretful to discover how poison ously he is
supposed to have described people of whom he is particularly fond.
I UNTIL JINNY MARSHLAND was called to the stand, the Judge was
deplorably sleepy. The case of Miss Tilda Hatter vs. the City of
Grand Republic had been yawning its way through testimony about a
not very interesting sidewalk. Plaintiffs attorney desired to show
that the city had been remarkably negligent in leaving upon that
side walk a certain lump of ice which, on February 7, 1941, at or
about the hour of 9: 37 P. M., had caused the plaintiff to slip, to
slide, and to be prone upon the public way, in a state of ignominy
and sore pain. There had been an extravagant amount of data as to
whether the lump of ice had been lurking sixteen, eighteen, or more
than eighteen feet from the Clipper Hardware Store. And all that
May afternoon the windows had been closed, to keep out street
noises, and the court room had smelled, as it looked, like a
schoolroom. Timberlane, J., was in an agony of drowsiness. He was
faith ful enough, and he did not miss a word, but he heard it all
as in sleep one hears malignant snoring. He was a young judge: the
Honorable Cass Timberlane, of the Twenty-Second Judicial District,
State of Minnesota. He was forty-one, and in his first year on the
bench, after a term in Congress. He was a serious judge, a man of
learning, a believer in the majesty of the law, and he looked like
a tall Red Indian. But he was wishing that he were out
bass-fishing, or at home, reading Walden or asleep on a cool
leather couch. Preferably asleep. All the spectators in the room,
all five of them, were yawning and chewing gum. The learned counsel
for the plaintiff, Mr. Hervey Plint, the dullest lawyer in Grand
Republic, a middle aged man with a miscellaneous sort of face, was
questioning Miss Hatter. He was a word-dragger, an uh'er, a looker
to the ceiling for new thoughts. Uh Miss Hatter, now will you tell
us what was the uh the purpose of DEGREES our going out, that
evening I mean, I mean 3 how did you happen to be out on an evening
which I think all the previous testimony agrees that it was, well,
I mean, uh, you might call it an inclement evening, but not such as
would have prevented the, uh, the adequate cleaning of the
thorough* fares - ' Jekshn leading quest, said the city attorney.
Jekshn stained, said the Court. I will rephrase my question/'
confided Mr. Flint. He was a willing rephraser, but the phrases
always became duller and duller and duller. Sitting above them on
the bench like Chief Iron Cloud, a lean figure of power, the young
father of 'his people, Judge Timberlane started to repeat* the list
of presidents, a charm which usually would keep him awake. He got
through it fairly well, stumbling only on Martin Van Buren and
Millard Fill more, as was reasonable, but he remained as sleepy as
ever. Without missing any of Miss Hatter's more spectacular state
ments, His Honor pl
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Arrowsmith (Paperback)
Sinclair Lewis; Contributions by Mint Editions
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Martin Arrowsmith, brilliant but licentious, makes his way from his
small Midwest town to New York City. Getting his start at medical
school, Martin sets out on a series of affairs, bouncing from woman
to woman and job to job, hungry to satisfy his desires as both a
man and a man of science. Just as it appears he'll be able to
settle down, he finds himself back among the scientific elite and
faced with a discovery that can change his life. Written in
conjunction with science writer Paul de Kruif, Arrowsmith is one of
the first books to address the culture of science in a period of
medical education reform. A critical and commercial success, the
book earned Sinclair Lewis the 1926 Pulitzer Prize, which the
author would go on to decline. Professionally typeset with a
beautifully designed cover, this edition of Arrowsmith is a classic
of science literary fiction, reimagined for modern readers.
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