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The Sinclair Lewis Library

The Sinclair Lewis Library

Written 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 Hourly
Episodes
  • The Trail of the Hawk Part I The Adventure of Youth Chapter 8

    The Trail of the Hawk Part I The Adventure of Youth Chapter 8
    Aug 19 2026
    In which a young college student's fascination with a spirited professor's progressive lectures on socialism sparks both apprehension and excitement within his community, setting tongues to wag and minds to ponder the future of society. Amid the hubbub of small-town opinion and campus life, the earnest resolve of youth begins to stir beneath the surface of everyday routines and whispered controversies.
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    17 mins
  • The Trail of the Hawk Part I The Adventure of Youth Chapter 7

    The Trail of the Hawk Part I The Adventure of Youth Chapter 7
    Aug 18 2026
    In which Carl returns home to Joralemon for a week, navigating the quiet tensions of youth and old friendships amid the fluttering backdrop of small-town life, before plunging into the eager pursuit of aviation dreams with a lively crew in the open prairies. His earnest experiment with an ambitious glider on a warm summer day captures the fragile thrill and humble dramas of a young man reaching towards the skies, full of lively hopes and the sharp taste of risk.
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    14 mins
  • The Trail of the Hawk Part I The Adventure of Youth Chapter 6

    The Trail of the Hawk Part I The Adventure of Youth Chapter 6
    Aug 17 2026
    In which the earnest yet stifling atmosphere of a small Minnesota college is painted with gentle strokes, revealing the provincial charm and subdued passions that shape its students’ lives and ambitions. Among these fledglings, Carl Ericson navigates friendships and the stirrings of culture and competition, caught between the earnest realities of academia and the restless yearnings of youth.
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    26 mins
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