Dodsworth

De: Sinclair Lewis

Narrado por: Grover Gardner

Meet Sam Dodsworth, an amiable 50-year-old millionaire and "American Captain of Industry, believing in the Republican Party, high tariffs, and, so long as they did not annoy him personally, in Prohibition and the Episcopal Church". Dodsworth runs an auto manufacturing firm, but his beautiful wife, Fran, obsessed with the notion that she is growing old, persuades him to sell his interest in the company and take her to Europe. He agrees for the sake of their marriage, but before long, the pretensions of the cosmopolitan scene prove more enticing to Fran than her husband.

Both a devastating, surprisingly contemporary portrait of a marriage falling apart and a grand tour of the Europe of a bygone era, Dodsworth is stamped with Sinclair Lewis' signature satire, which is wickedly observant of America's foibles - and great fun.

©1935 Harcourt Brace and Company, Inc. (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great Book!

Good performance of a great book. Also fun to compare with the screenplay, if you're familiar with the brilliant 1936 movie that was based on both the novel and the play. It proves that all three can be both excellent and different from each other.

Excellent

The narrator's voice was a little distracting at first when he read the females dialog. ...but I soon grew accustomed to it.
Once again, the book was far better than the film.

Dodsworth Is Worth the Listen

Well performed. Solid story of another era. Part travelogue as well. Wealthy industrialist discovering the vacuity of his marriage and finding a new lease on life.

Dodsworth

An American classic of the existential crisis of an expatriate. Should not be essential reading for the college student....but set aside for those changing careers, spouses or retirement. A great companion to Walter Huston’s classic film.

1920s satire in Europe

A wonderful story that updates the tradition of travel satires about Americans in Europe - but now for the 1920s as only Lewis can describe it.