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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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  • Elmer Gantry Chapter 28

    Elmer Gantry Chapter 28
    Apr 5 2026
    In which Elmer Gantry extols the bustling success and cheerful camaraderie of his city church to a local man, even as another minister, Frank Shallard, confides his deep disillusionment with the church's hypocrisies and contradictions in intimate conversation with his friend Philip McGarry. The two preachers engage in a candid and spirited debate over faith, doubt, and the true meaning of Christ’s teachings, revealing the complex, often fraught nature of religious conviction and ministry.
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    33 mins
  • Elmer Gantry Chapter29 Part 1-6

    Elmer Gantry Chapter29 Part 1-6
    Apr 5 2026
    In which the zealous Reverend Gantry, eager to build his new church and bolster its standing, embarks on a public campaign to discredit the more liberal and questioning Pastor Frank Shallard, stirring discord within their shared community of faith. As Frank faces mounting opposition and weary counsel from friends and family, the church membership grapples with doctrinal disputes and loyalties that test the bounds of belief and fellowship in Zenith.
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    18 mins
  • Elmer Gantry Chapter 26 Part 5-9

    Elmer Gantry Chapter 26 Part 5-9
    Apr 4 2026
    In which the Reverend Gantry embarks upon a fervent crusade against the vices of his town, parading with policemen through dens of iniquity and delivering fervid denunciations that stir both ridicule and awe among witnesses. His exploits culminate in a bruising physical altercation and a triumphant, if somewhat self-absorbed, return home, where admiration is sought but not entirely found.
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    14 mins
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