![]() ![]() ![]() Critics declared that Lewis, once a scribbler of racy tales for mass-market magazines, had reached full maturity as an artist. It leaped to the first rank on bestseller lists. But it was also a page-turner, a romance, a satire and a philosophical meditation on the tension between truth and good works. That was an unlikely focus for a bestseller. It was the first major American novel to feature a scientist in the leading role. Now the early reviews of Arrowsmith promised more renown. Then came Babbitt (1922), a meticulous dissection of middle-class conformity that had made Lewis famous. His 1920 novel Main Street, a poignant satire of small-town America, had marked him as a major talent. When the new novel Arrowsmith reached the nation’s bookstores in 1925, the author, Sinclair Lewis, was already the most celebrated American writer of the day. ![]()
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