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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
On a farm in western Missouri, during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will escape to New York. And wild child Mathy’s fate will be the family’s greatest tragedy. Over the decades they will love, deceive, comfort, forgive - and, ultimately, they will come to cherish all the more fiercely the bonds of love that hold the family together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't want it to end!!!
- De Amanda H. en 01-20-21
De: Jetta Carleton
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The Pastures of Heaven
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 320
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 282
Today, nearly 40 years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as Penguin Classics. This season we continue with the seven spectacular and influential books East of Eden, Cannery Row, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, The Moon Is Down, The Pastures of Heaven, and Tortilla Flat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Golden, mythical America
- De Dan Harlow en 07-07-13
De: John Steinbeck
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The Professor's House
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St. Peter is called on to move to a new, more comfortable house, something in him rebels. And although at first that rebellion consists of nothing more than mild resistance to his family's wishes, it imperceptibly comes to encompass the entire order of his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gently compelling
- De TiffanyD en 08-12-19
De: Willa Cather
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The Blind Assassin
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Margot Dionne
- Duración: 18 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,087
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,397
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,390
For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good book, TERRIBLE audio!
- De Whitney en 04-27-09
De: Margaret Atwood
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Gone with the Wind
- De: Margaret Mitchell
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 49 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 14,845
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12,704
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12,709
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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not to miss audible experience
- De dallas en 12-08-09
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Peyton Place
- De: Grace Metalious
- Narrado por: Tim O'Connor
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 309
In 1956, when this novel was first published, communities all over New England snapped up copies to see if they were the town portrayed in the book. Peyton Place is the story of a repressive New England town known for its high standards of public morality, and the steamy sexual activities that take place behind its bedroom doors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I've read to date!
- De Crusader en 11-07-11
De: Grace Metalious
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
- De: Allan Gurganus
- Narrado por: Barbara McCulloh
- Duración: 49 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
Allan Gurganus's Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and fans alike fell in love with the voice of 99-year-old Confederate widow Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heroines in American literature. Lucy married at the turn of the 20th century, when she was 15 and her husband was 50. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dated.
- De edie butler en 04-06-21
De: Allan Gurganus
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Daddy-Long-Legs
- De: Jean Webster
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 83
Jerusha Abbott is the oldest orphan in the John Grier Home. Every day she helps scrub and dress the younger children - all 97 of them. Soon she will graduate from high school and be on her own. Where will she go, and how will she support herself? When an anonymous wealthy donor decides to send her to college, Jerusha can hardly believe her good fortune. All she must do in return is send him a letter once a month. With all the excitement of college life - classes, parties, new friends, and a special gentleman - Jerusha can hardly stop writing!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Greg and Sara Masarik en 04-06-15
De: Jean Webster
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The 42nd Parallel
- De: John Dos Passos
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 288
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 243
This first entry in John Dos Passos's celebrated U.S.A. trilogy paints a grand picture of the United States at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful document of an all-too-familiar past
- De Ryan en 06-01-13
De: John Dos Passos
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Mother Carey's Chickens
- De: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Narrado por: Anne Hancock
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
The sudden death of the father of the family results in the drastic reduction of the Careys' income and they must leave their comfortable home in Boston. Nancy Carey, the eldest, recalls a vacation in Maine when they all picnicked in the garden of a big, vacant house that her father loved. She discovers that the house is available, the rent is cheap, and persuades her mother that life in The Yellow House in Beulah, Maine is the perfect place to begin their new life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very cozy book =)
- De Camilla en 03-01-17
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- De: Betty Smith
- Narrado por: Kate Burton
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,076
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,742
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,705
A moving coming-of-age story set in the 1900s, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn follows the lives of 11-year-old Francie Nolan, her younger brother Neely, and their parents, Irish immigrants who have settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Johnny Nolan is as loving and fanciful as they come, but he is also often drunk and out of work, unable to find his place in the land of opportunity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book: flawless. SKIP THE RECORDED INTRO!!
- De Wild Wise Woman en 09-04-11
De: Betty Smith
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
- De: Truman Capote
- Narrado por: Michael C. Hall
- Duración: 2 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,898
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,879
Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Better to look at the sky than live there"
- De W Perry Hall en 02-12-14
De: Truman Capote
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)
- De: Edited by David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
- Duración: 2 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 359
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 217
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories but only 5 of 17 are included
- De Terri Kirk en 07-13-12
Las personas que vieron esto también vieron...
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Babbitt
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 486
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 434
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 432
On the surface, everything is all right with Babbitt’s world of the solid, successful businessman. But in reality, George F. Babbitt is a lonely, middle-aged man. He doesn’t understand his family, has an unsuccessful attempt at an affair, and is almost financially ruined when he dares to voice sympathy for some striking workers. Babbitt finds that his only safety lies deep in the fold of those who play it safe. He is a man who has added a new word to our language: a “Babbitt,” meaning someone who conforms unthinkingly, a sheep.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Jonathan Franzen, circa 1922
- De Joe Kraus en 04-09-16
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Arrowsmith
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 20 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 262
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 224
Martin Arrowsmith is fascinated by science and medicine. As a boy, he immerses himself in Gray’s Anatomy. In medical school, he soaks up knowledge from his mentor, a renowned bacteriologist. But soon he is urged to focus on politics and promotions rather than his research. Even as Martin progresses from doctor to public health official and noted pathologist, he still yearns to devote his time to pure science.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Still Relevant
- De Forrest en 02-26-12
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Babbitt
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
In this sardonic portrait of the up-and-coming middle class during the prosperous 1920s, Sinclair Lewis perfectly captures the sound, the feel, and the attitudes of the generation that created the cult of consumerism. With a sharp eye for detail and keen powers of observation, Lewis tracks successful realtor George Babbitt's daily struggles to rise to the top of his profession while maintaining his reputation as an upstanding family man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Makes You Think
- De E. Pearson en 02-21-13
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Main Street (Annotated): 100th Anniversary Edition
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Kitty Hendrix
- Duración: 19 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
A biting satire that countered the American myth of wholesome small-town life with a depiction of narrow-minded provincialism, it was to some degree based on Lewis's own experience of growing on Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Set in mid-1910s, it depicts the struggles of Carol Kennicott, a city girl, as she tries to adapt to small town life, having left her librarian job and St. Paul, Minnesota to marry Dr. Will Kennicott of Gopher Prairie. Dismayed by the town’s drabness and the conforming, petty inhabitants, Carol optimistically sets out to improve the town.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What Are Your Assumptions About Yourself & Others
- De Benny Fife en 02-06-20
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Of Human Bondage
- De: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 25 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 751
Philip Carey, a sensitive orphan born with a clubfoot, finds himself in desperate need of passion and inspiration. He abandons his studies to travel, first to Heidelberg and then to Paris, where he nurses ambitions of becoming a great artist. Philip's youthful idealism erodes, however, as he comes face-to-face with his own mediocrity and lack of impact on the world. After returning to London to study medicine, he becomes wildly infatuated with Mildred, a vulgar, tawdry waitress, and begins a doomed love affair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You won't want it to end!
- De Rbjurnee en 04-18-11
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Elmer Gantry
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 15 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 699
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 482
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 488
A greedy, philandering Baptist minister, Elmer Gantry turns to evangelism and becomes the leader of a large Methodist congregation. Often exposed as a fraud, he is never fully discredited. Elmer Gantry is considered a landmark American novel and one of the most penetrating studies of hypocrisy in modern literature. It portrays the evangelistic activity that was common in 1920s America as well as attitudes toward it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Halleluja, Brother Lewis!
- De Erez en 12-09-08
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Babbitt
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 486
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 434
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 432
On the surface, everything is all right with Babbitt’s world of the solid, successful businessman. But in reality, George F. Babbitt is a lonely, middle-aged man. He doesn’t understand his family, has an unsuccessful attempt at an affair, and is almost financially ruined when he dares to voice sympathy for some striking workers. Babbitt finds that his only safety lies deep in the fold of those who play it safe. He is a man who has added a new word to our language: a “Babbitt,” meaning someone who conforms unthinkingly, a sheep.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Jonathan Franzen, circa 1922
- De Joe Kraus en 04-09-16
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Arrowsmith
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 20 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 262
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 224
Martin Arrowsmith is fascinated by science and medicine. As a boy, he immerses himself in Gray’s Anatomy. In medical school, he soaks up knowledge from his mentor, a renowned bacteriologist. But soon he is urged to focus on politics and promotions rather than his research. Even as Martin progresses from doctor to public health official and noted pathologist, he still yearns to devote his time to pure science.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Still Relevant
- De Forrest en 02-26-12
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Babbitt
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
In this sardonic portrait of the up-and-coming middle class during the prosperous 1920s, Sinclair Lewis perfectly captures the sound, the feel, and the attitudes of the generation that created the cult of consumerism. With a sharp eye for detail and keen powers of observation, Lewis tracks successful realtor George Babbitt's daily struggles to rise to the top of his profession while maintaining his reputation as an upstanding family man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Makes You Think
- De E. Pearson en 02-21-13
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Main Street (Annotated): 100th Anniversary Edition
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Kitty Hendrix
- Duración: 19 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
A biting satire that countered the American myth of wholesome small-town life with a depiction of narrow-minded provincialism, it was to some degree based on Lewis's own experience of growing on Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Set in mid-1910s, it depicts the struggles of Carol Kennicott, a city girl, as she tries to adapt to small town life, having left her librarian job and St. Paul, Minnesota to marry Dr. Will Kennicott of Gopher Prairie. Dismayed by the town’s drabness and the conforming, petty inhabitants, Carol optimistically sets out to improve the town.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What Are Your Assumptions About Yourself & Others
- De Benny Fife en 02-06-20
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Of Human Bondage
- De: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 25 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 751
Philip Carey, a sensitive orphan born with a clubfoot, finds himself in desperate need of passion and inspiration. He abandons his studies to travel, first to Heidelberg and then to Paris, where he nurses ambitions of becoming a great artist. Philip's youthful idealism erodes, however, as he comes face-to-face with his own mediocrity and lack of impact on the world. After returning to London to study medicine, he becomes wildly infatuated with Mildred, a vulgar, tawdry waitress, and begins a doomed love affair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You won't want it to end!
- De Rbjurnee en 04-18-11
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Elmer Gantry
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 15 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 699
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 482
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 488
A greedy, philandering Baptist minister, Elmer Gantry turns to evangelism and becomes the leader of a large Methodist congregation. Often exposed as a fraud, he is never fully discredited. Elmer Gantry is considered a landmark American novel and one of the most penetrating studies of hypocrisy in modern literature. It portrays the evangelistic activity that was common in 1920s America as well as attitudes toward it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Halleluja, Brother Lewis!
- De Erez en 12-09-08
De: Sinclair Lewis
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- De: Thornton Wilder
- Narrado por: Sam Waterston
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 618
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 457
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 454
Wilder's stories consistently explored the connections between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, always returning to fundamental questions about the meaning of life. This Pulitzer Prize-winning tale concerns the lives of five people who fall to their deaths from a Peruvian rope bridge in 1714. A humble Franciscan, Brother Juniper, witnesses the accident and determines to learn about the lives of the victims in order to find out whether this accident happened by chance or by plan.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Story, But Poor Audiobook Technically
- De RKL en 11-15-13
De: Thornton Wilder
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The 42nd Parallel
- De: John Dos Passos
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 288
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 243
This first entry in John Dos Passos's celebrated U.S.A. trilogy paints a grand picture of the United States at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful document of an all-too-familiar past
- De Ryan en 06-01-13
De: John Dos Passos
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Dodsworth
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Meet Sam Dodsworth, an amiable 50-year-old millionaire and "American Captain of Industry, believing in the Republican Party, high tariffs, and, so long as they did not annoy him personally, in Prohibition and the Episcopal Church". Dodsworth runs an auto manufacturing firm, but his beautiful wife, Fran, obsessed with the notion that she is growing old, persuades him to sell his interest in the company and take her to Europe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Very Good Novel About 1920s America and Europe
- De Frank Donnelly en 08-17-20
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Main Street
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 88
The lonely predicament of Carol Kennicott, caught between her desires for social reform and individual happiness, reflects the position in which America's turn-of-the-century "emancipated woman" found herself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Time for a classic
- De Maureen en 10-21-09
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Main Street
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Deaver Brown
- Duración: 18 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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An early 20th century American story written in the Theodore Dreiser style of each word and chapter building on the previous ones, telling the saga of evangelical religion & people with irony throughout.
De: Sinclair Lewis
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It Can't Happen Here
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,255
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,014
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,009
Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, is dismayed to find that many of the people he knows support presidential candidate Berzelius Windrip. The suspiciously fascist Windrip is offering to save the nation from sex, crime, welfare cheats, and a liberal press. But after Windrip wins the election, dissent soon becomes dangerous for Jessup. Windrip forcibly gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and, with the aid of his personal paramilitary storm troopers, turns the United States into a totalitarian state.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Rise of American Authoritarianism
- De David S. Mathew en 11-21-16
De: Sinclair Lewis
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The Jungle
- De: Upton Sinclair
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 15 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 623
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 549
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 551
Few books have so affected radical social changes as The Jungle, first published serially in 1906. Exposing unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in Chicago, Sinclair's novel gripped Americans by the stomach, contributing to the passage of the first Food and Drug Act. If you’ve never read this classic novel, don't be put off by its gruesome reputation. Upton Sinclair was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who could turn even an exposé into a tender and moving novel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Why We Have Unions
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-29-17
De: Upton Sinclair
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The Death of the Heart
- De: Elizabeth Bowen
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
In this piercing story of innocence betrayed set in the 30s, the orphaned Portia is stranded in the sophisticated and politely treacherous world of her wealthy half-brother's home in London. There she encounters the attractive, carefree cad Eddie. To him, Portia is at once child and woman, and her fears her gushing love. To her, Eddie is the only reason to be alive. But when Eddie follows Portia to a sea-side resort, the flash of a cigarette lighter in a darkened cinema illuminates a stunning romantic betrayal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully Crafted Story
- De LRWord en 02-27-23
De: Elizabeth Bowen
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Sons and Lovers
- De: D. H. Lawrence
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 357
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 301
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 302
Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's first major novel, was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly knit mining community and by a family where feelings are never hidden for long. When the marriage between Walter Morel and his sensitive, high-minded wife begins to break down, the bitterness of their frustration seeps into their children's lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Momma's Boy (The Dangers of Overbearing Parenting)
- De W Perry Hall en 02-01-14
De: D. H. Lawrence
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Main Street
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 19 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 192
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
Widely hailed as a milestone in American literature, Sinclair Lewis' Main Street vividly describes a country on the verge of massive change, with traditional values being threatened by progress. The novel's heroine, Carol Milford, is a highly educated, ambitious woman who plans to join a newly enlightened society. But after marrying a small-town doctor, she finds herself trapped in the role of a dutiful wife. Carol's desires for social change conflict with the security of her comfortable married life, as she struggles to understand the cost of conformity...and rebellion. As relevant today as it was upon its 1920 publication, Main Street is both a masterful piece of writing and a fascinating microcosm of America's social evolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful reading of an excellent book
- De Steve Bird en 06-14-05
De: Sinclair Lewis
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The Road Not Taken
- Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
- De: Max Boot
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 27 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 267
In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987) best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a "hearts and mind" diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America's giant military bureaucracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An honest look at Vietnam Nam and USA
- De Catherine en 01-16-18
De: Max Boot
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An American Tragedy
- De: Theodore Dreiser
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 34 h y 12 m
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An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his life in the desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, it is the masterful portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's ambitions and seal his fate; it is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American dream.
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Funny in Perspective
- De Michael en 11-23-14
De: Theodore Dreiser
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Main Street
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-17-18
Timely and timeless
This classic is worth revisiting. Narrator is clear, appreciates the subtly of Lewis' prose. Thoroughly enjoyable!
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- Dena Bohn
- 11-29-21
Great experience
The narrator was wonderful. He made the book come alive. The story is rich with meaning and with so many layers. A classic that is timeless.
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- Bill
- 08-11-24
Life in small town America
A story of one woman's struggles fitting into her husband's home town. She has to deal with the gossip and judgment of the natives, who think the town is fine the way it is.
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- the mimsy
- 07-26-24
Incredible Narration
it took a very long time to get to Lewis's point. But, eventually, the story was so engaging that I was engrossed.
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- CarolM
- 07-12-24
Great narration of this classic
A well-written peek into early 20th century life in middle west America from the point of view of a young restless woman trying to discover how she can be a catalyst for change.
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- Jane Elizabeth Adair
- 08-29-24
Timeless
This feminist tale captures the spirit and inner thought process of an educated and independent female trying to find a place, or create a place, to thrive.
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- Thomas J. Otto
- 06-02-16
Book is great, narration is awful.
I read Main Street years ago and thought it was time to reacquaint myself with the story. The book is great, but this narrator was awful. No subtlety, weird and inconsistent accents, makes Carol sound like a helpless sap, and pronounces the name Bea, bee-ah. Just terrible. I ended up buying another version because I couldn't stand it.
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- Ray
- 03-23-13
Lost on me
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I have no idea,as I didn't even understand what it was about in the first place.
What was most disappointing about Sinclair Lewis’s story?
Everything.Especially not knowing what year it was set in.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Lloyd James?
It would not matter.
What character would you cut from Main Street?
All of them.
Any additional comments?
No.
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- C. Sharp
- 08-08-22
Babbitt is superior in every way - 2.5 stars
I really enjoyed Babbitt and I like Sinclair Lewis's writing in general. The protagonist of this story isn't very likable and I found her insufferable at times. It's clear that Sinclair is one hell of a writer - his attention to detail and characterization of people are excellent. He's able to drill down and provide in nitty-gritty detail the specifics of what make up Every Town, USA. And though the country has changed much within the last 100 years, many of the goings-on in the small town are very similar to today.
Still, there's barely an ounce of humor in the entire book. Instead of the satire he utilizes so well in Babbitt, we are left with an author hitting us over the head of the pitfalls of small town America. I think he was so interested in getting his message out that he forgot how to write an engaging story. I probably wouldn't listen to or read this again but I will seek out more Sinclair Lewis works.
Also, the narrator for this does a great job. I would definitely listen to him voice other books.
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