He loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons.

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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Topic

Individual vs. the collective Misanthropy

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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 35.

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

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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.

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

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What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

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Decline of civilization

Author

Margaret Mitchell
Source
Gone with the Wind
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 2, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Scribner, 2007, pt. 2, ch. 9.