| Author: | Sinclair Lewis | ISBN: | 9781773234847 |
| Publisher: | Reading Essentials | Publication: | February 13, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sinclair Lewis |
| ISBN: | 9781773234847 |
| Publisher: | Reading Essentials |
| Publication: | February 13, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized the generation in which it was written, causing Sinclair Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait of an evangelist who rises to power within his church - a saver of souls who lives a life of hypocrisy, sensuality, and ruthless self-indulgence - has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since Voltaire.
Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized the generation in which it was written, causing Sinclair Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait of an evangelist who rises to power within his church - a saver of souls who lives a life of hypocrisy, sensuality, and ruthless self-indulgence - has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since Voltaire.
