Project Gutenberg 2024-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 405 Lewis, Sinclair 1885 1951 Lewis, Harry Sinclair Graham, Tom 27004761 Elmer Gantry $aNew York :$bHarcourt, Brace and Company, $c1927. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Gantry Al Haines, Mark Akrigg, Cindy Beyer & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis is a novel written in the late 1920s. The book delves into the life of the titular character, Elmer Gantry, a young man navigating the complexities of religious zeal, ambition, and personal vices in a morally constrained society. Through Gantry, who is depicted as a charismatic yet flawed individual, the narrative explores themes of hypocrisy within organized religion and the pursuit of power. The opening of the novel introduces us to Elmer Gantry, a boisterous and intoxicated college student at Terwillinger College who is known for his football prowess but struggles with personal direction and normative expectations. As he revels in a drunken singalong with his roommate, Jim Lefferts, the reader is introduced to the contrasting personalities of the two young men—Gantry, large and powerful, yet immature and impulsive, and Jim, more studious and critical of societal norms. We see hints of Gantry's complexity as he grapples with his excessive bravado, his strained relationship with religion, and his longing for adventure amidst the constraints of college life. This opening sets the stage for a nuanced examination of faith, identity, and the often tumultuous journey of self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240102092834lewis 1927 US Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Satire Protestant churches -- Clergy -- Fiction Evangelists -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 1037591 2025-07-28T15:09:13.899474 text/html 1024892 2024-01-03T19:01:54 text/html 492051 2025-07-28T15:09:25.319479 application/epub+zip 509967 2025-07-28T15:09:15.406510 application/epub+zip 457341 2025-07-28T15:09:14.634470 application/epub+zip 776069 2025-07-28T15:09:33.240394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 731830 2025-07-28T15:09:24.509426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 941000 2025-07-28T15:09:11.485542 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 921220 2024-01-03T19:01:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16326 2025-07-28T15:09:33.820377 application/rdf+xml 18975 2025-07-28T15:09:14.757466 image/jpeg 3268 2025-07-28T15:09:14.699505 image/jpeg 470603 2025-07-28T15:09:13.980518 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia