Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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Topic

Social hierarchy Domination and subordination

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

It Can't Happen Here

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 17.

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What is Love?... It is the morning and the evening star.

Sinclair Lewis

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Topic
Nature of love Love

Author

Sinclair Lewis
Source
Elmer Gantry
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1927 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Signet, 2007, ch. 20.

Another quote from the 1930s

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

Franz Kafka

The Great Wall of China

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Topic
Stillness Paying attention

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
The Great Wall of China
Medium
Short story
Language
German
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Kafka, Franz. Betrachtungen über Sünde, Leid, Hoffnung und den wahren Weg [Reflections on Sin, Pain, Hope and the True Way]. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931, no. 109.