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Dodsworth
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- ISBN 9781961884830
- Dimensions: 127 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Unnamed Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Dodsworth (1929) follows Sam Dodsworth, a wealthy Midwestern automobile magnate, who embarks on a European journey with his restless wife, Fran. While Fran chases glamour and social status abroad, Sam confronts questions of love, identity, and cultural values. Through this story of marriage, ambition, and disillusionment, Sinclair Lewis offers a sharp critique of American materialism and the allure of European sophistication.
Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright, renowned for his sharp social commentary and depictions of American life in the early 20th century. Born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he gained national recognition with Main Street (1920), a satirical portrait of small-town America, followed by Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), and Dodsworth (1929). In 1930, he became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Nissa Ren Cannon teaches academic research writing at Stanford University. She holds a Ph.D. in English from UC Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in Comparative Literature from UCLA. Her research focuses on the interwar expatriate experience. She sits on the board of the Modernist Studies Association and the Hemingway Review blog, and is the book reviews editor for the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
Sheila Liming is an Associate Professor at Champlain College and author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time (2023) and What a Library Means to a Woman: Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books (2020). Her writing has appeared in publications like The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, McSweeney’s, The Los Angeles Review of Books and The Globe and Mail. She lives, works, and plays the bagpipes and the accordion in Burlington, Vermont.
Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) is an Acquiring Editor and the Publishing & Publicity Manager for Unnamed Press as well as a co-founder of Smith & Taylor Classics. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California and went on to earn her Masters in 18th & 19th c. Literature from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Before Unnamed, she worked in libraries and bookshops.
Brandon Taylor is an Acquiring Editor at Unnamed Press and co-founder of Smith & Taylor Classics. He is the author of Minor Black Figures, The Late Americans, Real Life, a finalist of the Booker Prize and the NBCC John Leonard Prize, and Filthy Animals, winner of The Story Prize and a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Cut, Vulture, and elsewhere.
