Go East, Young Man: Sinclair Lewis On Class in America

by Sinclair Lewis, Sally E. Parry (Editor)

A brand-new collection of Sinclair Lewis's prolific body of short fiction, focusing on the author's primary the issue of class, work and money in America.

Genres: Short Stories

400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

Novelist Harry Sinclair Lewis satirized middle-class America in his 22 works, including Babbitt (1922) and Elmer Gantry (1927) and first received a Nobel Prize for literature in 1930.

Middle-class values and materialism attach unthinking George F. Babbitt, the narrow-minded, self-satisfied main character person in the novel of Sinclair Lewis.

People awarded "his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters."

He knowingly, insightfully, and critically viewed capitalism and materialism between the wars. People respect his strong characterizations of modern women.

Henry Louis Mencken wrote, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade...it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds."

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Reviews

[evelyn taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Thavakumar Kandiahpillai · Rating 3 out of 5]

An excellent collection of Lewis’ short stories. I found Moths in the Arc Light gripping and most of the the other stories quite enjoyable. The Unpublished Introduction to Babbit was less so, although I must admit that I have not read Babbit, and doing so might help me appreciate the introduction better.

[Jenni Link · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short stories and a couple of essays - a delightful collection, very funny.

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've always loved Sinclair Lewis since I was born in a hospital on Main Street in MN. This collection of short stories has some of his best included, although I will let you decide which are your favorites, I will say that Young Man Axlbrod gives me hope in my middle age that one day I will find just such a friend and discuss with them my ultimate book so that I too will realize that I have finally lived enough to allow me to go home satisfied that I have fulfilled the dreams of my youth. So that I can move on with my life and enjoy all the newness around me, instead of looking back at some past accomplishment that I feel went unfulfilled.

[Jeffrey Falk · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fascinating and welcome journalistic window into America (and the world) eight to ten decades ago. It was a delight to revisit Zenith (in Lewis's unpublished introduction to "Babbitt" as well as the titular short story), and the final story ("Ring Around a Rosy") almost made me laugh and think with equal intensity.

[Bob Peru · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine collection of Lewis' stories, full of his usual satirical humor and social insight.

[Wayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful read. For those of us who like Sinclair Lewis---what more can I say