THE ATHENAEUMElmer GantrySinclair Lewis
Contested
Elmer Gantry
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textA hard-drinking college football player discovers he has a gift for preaching, and rises through American religion without believing a word of it. Sinclair Lewis published it in 1927, and Boston banned it. It was denounced from pulpits across the country, which helped it sell.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 10 hr 20 min
- Where to find it
- The Unwelcome Spines, beyond the Restricted Catalogue
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #72609. In the public domain in the United States.