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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
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  • The Innocents Chapter 9

    The Innocents Chapter 9
    Apr 30 2026
    In which the weary Appleby parents endure the stifling, gilded hospitality of their daughter Lulu in a house teeming with modern trappings and strained social pleasantries, their spirits chafing against enforced idleness and quiet desperation. Finding renewed courage, they hatch a secret plan to escape the confines of genteel captivity, embarking on a late-night flight towards the sprawling, untamed city of New York, where freedom and uncertainty await.
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    19 mins
  • The Innocents Chapter 10

    The Innocents Chapter 10
    Apr 30 2026
    In which the Applebys, past their prime yet buoyed by fresh hope, settle into a cramped and grim furnished room on Avenue B to reclaim their place in New York, with Seth seeking work amid the holiday bustle while his wife takes up a modest job in a toy department. They navigate the humbling and sometimes harsh realities of city life with quiet determination, finding solace in each other’s company and small moments of joy despite the shadows closing in.
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    19 mins
  • The Innocents Chapter 7

    The Innocents Chapter 7
    Apr 29 2026
    In which a modest tea-room welcomes the distinguished Mrs. Vance Carter and her daughter, whose sharp tongues and haughty remarks cut through the humble establishment’s weary air like a frost in early autumn. Amid delicate lettuce sandwiches and lukewarm tea, the hosts endure an unspoken judgement that weighs heavily on their hearts, revealing the quiet cruelties of class and dissolved pride.
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    11 mins
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