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Elmer Gantry / by Sinclair Lewis.
Author
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1927]
Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.A. : Printed in the U.S.A. by The Quinn and Boden Co., Inc.
©1927
Description
4 preliminary leaves, 432 pages ; 20 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PS3523.E94 E66 1927b
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Subject(s)
Protestant churches
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Clergy
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Fiction
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Evangelists
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Fiction
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Man-woman relationships
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Fiction
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American fiction
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20th century
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Company
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Printer
Quinn & Boden Company
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Satirical literature
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Medium/Support
8vo. rdabf
Summary note
Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonist, the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money (though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a successful Methodist minister despite his hypocrisy and serial sexual indiscretions.
Notes
First edition. Consult Johnson, M. De V.
"This novel has not been serialized"--Dust jacket.
Place name(s)
United States New York (State) New York,
United States New Jersey Rahway,
ISBN
0837604419
9780837604411
LCCN
27004761
OCLC
5299796
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