Mark Schorer
1) Arrowsmith
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One of the most highly regarded novels of this century, Arrowsmith has as its heart an age old dilemma: should a doctor withhold experimental treatment from a patient and continue research, thus assuring the patient's death, or should a risky, untested procedure be carried out ? Young Martin Arrowsmith, a doctoe and researcher, faces this dilemma when he is sent to a Caribbean island besieged by humanitarianism and his scientific training and curiosity,...
2) Babbitt
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"Zenith is the finest example of American life and prosperity to be found anywhere." Zenith is the Midwestern city where George F. Babbitt lives and works. A successful real estate agent, his business provides all the material trappings and comfort he thinks he ought to have. He is a member of all the right clubs, and unquestioningly shares the same aspirations and ideas as his friends and fellow Boosters. Yet even complacent, conformist Babbitt dreams...
3) Main street
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Satirizes the manners of the American Middle West. The story of Carol Kennicott who, to be accepted, must adapt to the ways of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota. This novel attacks conformism, commercialism, moneygrubbing and the decline in what the author saw as the American ideals of freedom and respect for individuality.
