Elmer Gantry

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01T20:36:53Z
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:3DA324D1B60417B9

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Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis Pdf

Elmer Gantry isn’t suited to be a lawyer, so he becomes a preacher instead. Although he experiences a variety of failures, and even more successes, Gantry ultimately finds this new career path suits him very well indeed—despite his drinking and womanizing. Throughout his time as a preacher Gantry progresses through the hierarchies of the Baptist and Methodist churches, dabbles in revivalism and “New Thought,” and even experiments with politics, all the while emerging from scandals relatively unscathed and ready to move onward and upward once again. Sinclair Lewis published the satirical Elmer Gantry in 1927 much to the dismay of the religious community. It was denounced from the pulpit, banned by many, and even engendered threats of violence. Despite this—or perhaps because of it—it went on to become a massive success and the best selling novel of that year. One of the most savage satirical assaults against institutionalized religion and its hypocrisy in American literature, Elmer Gantry continues to be a window into a particularly important aspect of American history. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1958-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis Pdf

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410345134

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A Study Guide for Sinclair Lewis's "Elmer Gantry" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Sinclair Lewis's "Elmer Gantry," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Sinclair Lewis,Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Greatest Novels of all Time (Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Elmer Gantry | The Yearling | Marjorie Kinnan) (Set of 4 Books) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Sinclair Lewis,Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Pdf

Anthology containing: Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra, is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. The protagonist is nominally the historical Zarathustra, but, besides a handful of sentences, Nietzsche is not particularly concerned with any resemblance. Much of the book purports to be what Zarathustra said, and it repeats the refrain, “Thus spoke Zarathustra”. Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The Yearling is a novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It was the best-selling novel in America in 1938 and the seventh-best in 1939. It sold over 250,000 copies in 1938. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park is a Florida State Park and historic site located on the former homestead of Pulitzer Prize-winning Florida author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. A National Historic Landmark, it is located in Cross Creek, Florida, between Ocala and Gainesville at 18700 South County Road 325.

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649741288

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Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis Pdf

Arrowsmith has been inspirational for several generations of med students. Martin Arrowsmith agonizes over his career and life decisions never sure if he’s making the correct descisions. While the book details Arrowsmith's pursuit of the noble ideals of medical research for the benefit of mankind and of selfless devotion to the care of patients, Lewis throws many less noble temptations and self deceptions in Arrowsmith’s path. The attractions of financial security, recognition, even wealth and power distract Arrowsmith from his original plan to follow in the footsteps of his first mentor, Max Gottlieb, a brilliant but abrasive bacteriologist. A powerful novel that asks more questions than it answers. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Author : Shirley Jones,Wendy Leigh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476725963

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Shirley Jones by Shirley Jones,Wendy Leigh Pdf

The actress and singer explores her life and career, examining "the real flesh-and-blood Shirley Jones, not just the movie star or Mrs. Partridge"--Dust jacket flap.

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783756897391

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Main Street by Sinclair Lewis Pdf

The novel written by Sinclair Lewis is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. The novel takes place in the 1910s, with references to the start of World War I, the United States' entry into the war, and the years following the end of the war, including the start of Prohibition. Satirizing small-town life, Main Street is perhaps Sinclair Lewis's most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. It relates the life and struggles of Carol Milford Kennicott as she comes into conflict with the small-town mentality of the residents of Gopher Prairie. Highly acclaimed upon publication, Main Street remains a recognized American classic.

Author : John D. MacDonald
Publisher : Random House
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307827135

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Where Is Janice Gantry? by John D. MacDonald Pdf

Where Is Janice Gantry?, one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook. Sam Brice is the perfect rugged hero, even with a face battered by eleven seasons in football, almost three in pro. He’s involved with a young widow named Janice Gantry. But when she vanishes, Janice leaves behind a trail of blackmail, murder—and a man at war with his own sense of duty. Sam is too curious to steer clear of the mystifying disappearances off the Florida Keys . . . too stubborn to avoid making enemies with a cunning criminal and killer . . . and perhaps too enraged to do what he knows he must to save the one woman who matters: become as cold, impersonal, and deadly as an assassin. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz Praise for John D. MacDonald “The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King “My favorite novelist of all time.”—Dean Koontz “To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen.”—Kurt Vonnegut “A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about the best.”—Mary Higgins Clark

Author : David McKee
Publisher : Random House
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448187683

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Elmer on Stilts by David McKee Pdf

The hunters are coming and all the elephants are worried. Elmer, the patchwork elephant, comes up with a plan to outwit the hunters but things don't turn out quite as planned...

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Humorous stories
ISBN : UOM:39015048887056

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The Man who Knew Coolidge by Sinclair Lewis Pdf

Author : Wallace Stegner
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141392332

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The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner Pdf

Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner's novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, in his own words, 'just killing time until time gets around to killing me.' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from an old friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he and his wife had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough. Wallace Stegner was the author of, among other works of fiction, Remembering Laughter (1973); The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943); Joe Hill (1950); All the Little Live Things (1967, Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); A Shooting Star (1961); Angle of Repose (1971, Pulitzer Prize); Recapitulation (1979); Crossing to Safety (1987); and Collected Stories (1990). His nonfiction includes Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1954); Wolf Willow (1963); The Sound of Mountain Water (essays, 1969); The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard deVoto (1964); American Places (with Page Stegner, 1981); and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West (1992). Three short stories have won O.Henry prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.

Author : David McKee
Publisher : Random House
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781849399388

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Elmer and Wilbur by David McKee Pdf

Elmer loves practical jokes, but so does his cousin Wilbur. Until, that is, Elmer has an idea which brings Wilbur back down to earth, in more ways than one...

Author : David McKee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0862643260

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Elmer Again by David McKee Pdf

Elmer, the patchwork elephant, plays an amusing trick on his grey elephant friends.

Author : David McKee
Publisher : Random House
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448188109

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Elmer's Christmas by David McKee Pdf

It's two days before Christmas Eve, the night Papa Red visits, and the young elephants are very excited. They choose a tree to decorate and prepare the presents for Papa Red to collect during the night to take to those who need them. But this year Elmer has a special treat in store for the young elephants, if they can keep quiet and out of sight...

Author : Justin Kramon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781639361144

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The Preservationist by Justin Kramon Pdf

To Sam Blount, meeting Julia is the best thing that has ever happened to him. Working at the local college and unsuccessful in his previous relationships, he’d been feeling troubled about his approaching fortieth birthday, “a great beast of a birthday,” as he sees it, but being with Julia makes him feel young and hopeful. Julia Stilwell, a freshman trying to come to terms with a recent tragedy that has stripped her of her greatest talent, is flattered by Sam’s attention. But their relationship is tested by a shy young man with a secret, Marcus Broley, who is also infatuated with Julia. Told in alternating points of view, The Preservationist is the riveting tale of Julia and Sam's relationship, which begins to unravel as the threat of violence approaches and Julia becomes less and less sure whom she can trust.