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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 Hourly
Episodes
  • The Job Part 1 - The City Chapter 8

    The Job Part 1 - The City Chapter 8
    Jul 6 2026
    In which a young stenographer named Una Golden navigates the modest challenges and restrained hopes of office life in an aging city building, quietly dreaming of a freer, more spirited existence beyond her daily toil and reserved affections. As illness shadows her humble home, she confronts the depths of love, loss, and the yearning for a more meaningful place within the modern world’s relentless hum.
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    48 mins
  • The Job Part 1 - The City Chapter 7

    The Job Part 1 - The City Chapter 7
    Jul 5 2026
    In which a young office worker navigates the tender complexities of first love amid the bustling anonymity of the city, encumbered by a devoted but demanding mother and the unspoken constraints of ambition and decorum. Through whispered confessions and quiet disappointments, she confronts the subtle yet stirring tug-of-war between desire and duty, culminating in a bittersweet farewell and a resolute quest for self-sufficiency in a world that doubts her.
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    34 mins
  • The Job Part 1 - The City Chapter 6

    The Job Part 1 - The City Chapter 6
    Jul 4 2026
    In which a young stenographer, caught between innocent longing and the harsh pragmatisms of city life, finds herself entwined in the hesitant, awkward stirrings of first love within the confined, dusty walls of the office. The delicate dance of desire and decorum unfolds amid whispered gossip and quiet reflections, as she learns the bittersweet reality of affection far removed from the idealised romances of her books.
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    33 mins
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