Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was the first writer from the United States to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1930. His novels, strongly critical of American society and capitalism include Babbitt, Main Street, Elmer Gantry, and Arrowsmith. His portrait appeared on a 14-cent U.S. Postal Service postage stamp in 1985, honored as a Great American.
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In the small town of Panama, Pennsylvania, Miss Una Golden chooses smooth-talking widower-salesman Edward Schwirtz over the decent Walter Babson—avoiding the then-suspect necessity for her to find a job. This 1917 novel by Lewis takes on women’s rights, anti-Semitism, alcoholism, venereal disease, adoption, and women who drink and smoke.
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