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The Sinclair Lewis Library

The Sinclair Lewis Library

By: Sinclair Lewis
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 Welcome to The Sinclair Lewis Library - a dignified little institution devoted to the careful airing of American ambition, middle-class certainty, and the curious art of taking oneself very seriously. Here, the streets are tidy, the rhetoric is polished, and the human comedy is forever peeking through the curtains. Each episode presents a full reading from Lewis’s novels, where boosters boast, reformers reform, and respectable citizens discover (sometimes to their alarm) that respectability can be the strangest costume of all.

Settle in as boardrooms, parlors, laboratories, and Main Streets come briskly to life. Whether you arrive as a loyal Babbitt or a secret rebel, this podcast offers a front-row seat to satire that still feels uncomfortably familiar. Consider it your weekly civic meeting, only far more honest and considerably better read.Public domain
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  • Arrowsmith Chapter 13

    Arrowsmith Chapter 13
    Mar 5 2026
    In which the proud and irritable immunologist Max Gottlieb reluctantly joins a reputable pharmaceutical firm, only to find himself torn between scientific integrity and commercial pressures, with family troubles mounting around him. A compelling invitation from a respected research institute offers a glimpse of hope, promising freedom and respect absent in his current predicament.
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    23 mins
  • Arrowsmith Chapter 14

    Arrowsmith Chapter 14
    Mar 5 2026
    In which Martin Arrowsmith and his wife Leora arrive in Wheatsylvania to find themselves enveloped in the well-meaning but insistent attentions of the Tozer family, whose fussing over details from supper times to office arrangements both comforts and constrains them. Amid negotiations and village gossip, Martin secures a modest but his own office, igniting quiet pride and a hopeful anticipation of the work and life that lie ahead in this vast, open country.
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    21 mins
  • Arrowsmith Chapter 12

    Arrowsmith Chapter 12
    Mar 4 2026
    In which Max Gottlieb, a brilliant but embittered bacteriologist devoted to pure science, faces disgrace and dismissal from the University of Winnemac after his radical proposals and sharp criticisms alienate his colleagues and superiors. Through austere domestic struggles and professional setbacks, he wrestles with loneliness and despair, his talent overshadowed by his uncompromising nature and the cold realities of academic politics.
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    31 mins
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