Arrowsmith / Sinclair Lewis ; with a new introduction by Sally E. Parry and an afterword by E.L. Doctorow.
Material type:
TextSeries: Signet ClassicPublisher: New York : Signet Classics, 2008Description: xii, 459 pages ; 18 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780451530868
- 0451530861
- 9781448732968
- 1448732964
- 9780329640996
- 0329640992
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Fiction | Lewis, Sinclair | Available | 33111009581527 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With an afterword by E. L. Doctorow--the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man's pursuit of intellectual freedom in the face of ignorance and corruption, from the author of Babbit
Arrowsmith, the most widely read of Sinclair Lewis's novels, is the incisive portrait of a man passionately devoted to science. As a bright, curious boy in a small Midwestern town, Martin Arrowsmith spends his free time in old Doc Vickerson's office avidly devouring medical texts. Destined to become a physician and a researcher, he discovers that societal forces of ignorance, greed, and corruption can be as life-threatening as the plague.
Part satire, part morality tale, Lewis's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel illuminates the mystery and power of science while giving enduring life to a singular American hero's struggle for integrity and intellectual freedom in a small-minded world.
With an Introduction by Sally E. Parry
and an Afterword by E. L. Doctorow
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-459).
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.