Dodsworth (novel)

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Dodsworth (novel) is a 1929 work by Sinclair Lewis that follows an American automobile magnate and his wife as their European travels expose tensions in their marriage and critiques of American and European cultures.

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Dodsworth 4
Dodsworth (novel) canonical 2
Dodsworth (1929 novel) 1

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs Dodsworth (1934 play)
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Dodsworth (1936 film)
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author Sinclair Lewis
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States
filmAdaptationDirector William Wyler
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1936
followedBy Ann Vickers
genre novel of manners
satirical novel
social novel
hasISBN 9780156253301
hasLiteraryForm prose
literaryMovement American realism
mainCharacter Frances Dodsworth
Samuel Dodsworth
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor comparison of American and European cultures
critique of American provincialism
originalLanguage English
placeOfFirstPublication New York City
precededBy Elmer Gantry
protagonistOccupation automobile magnate
publicationDate 1929
publisher Harcourt, Brace and Company
setting Europe
United States
settingPeriod 1920s
theme American expatriates in Europe
cultural clash
marriage
materialism
middle age and self-discovery

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Dodsworth (play) adaptationOf Dodsworth (novel)
Dodsworth (play) sourceMaterialTitle Dodsworth
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Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke notableWork Dodsworth
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Pál Lukács notableWork Dodsworth
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Dodsworth basedOn Dodsworth
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Sam Dodsworth fictionalUniverse Dodsworth (novel)
Sam Dodsworth firstAppearance Dodsworth (1929 novel)
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Fran Dodsworth appearsIn Sinclair Lewis's "Dodsworth"
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Fran Dodsworth adaptationOf novel "Dodsworth"
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