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

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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Signet, 2014.

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