Dodsworth (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sinclair Lewis
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1920’s
- Setting: The United States and Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Values, Traveling or travelers, Europe or Europeans, Middle classes, Marriage, 1920’s, Adultery, Business or business people
- Locales: New York, NY, France, England
Characters Discussed
Sam Dodsworth, a wealthy automobile manufacturer from Zenith. Retired from business, with ample money and leisure, he takes his wife Fran on what is planned as a long trip to Europe. He is eager to see the places he has read so much about, but he finds it difficult to adjust to European life and impossible to please his wife, whose restlessness and social climbing, as well as her endless criticism of him, get more and more on his nerves. No sooner does he begin to enjoy one country than she wants to move on to another. She begins to consider herself a...
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