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Mantrap is Sinclair Lewis's novel of an effete Eastern lawyer's trip into the wilderness where he competes for the affection of the beautiful but bored city wife of a more competent backwoodsman. Scholars studying gender roles in the 1920's have been interested in this book... Read Full Overview

"Humor is next to Godliness." ― Sinclair Lewis, Mantrap To create Mantrap (1926), Sinclair Lewis adapted journals his brother Claude kept while the two traveled in Canada two years before the book appeared. In it, the author created the story of New York lawyer Ralph Prescott's... Read Full Overview

"Humor is next to Godliness." ― Sinclair Lewis, Mantrap To create Mantrap (1926), Sinclair Lewis adapted journals his brother Claude kept while the two traveled in Canada two years before the book appeared. In it, the author created the story of New York lawyer Ralph Prescott's... Read Full Overview

Ralph Prescott h?ller p? att tappa balansen. Livet som advokat i New York City t?r p? honom, men framf?r allt tankarna p? att saker och ting inte blev som han hade hoppats pl?gar honom. F?r att finna tillbaka till meningen tar han en resa ut i Kanadas vildmarker. Men det blir... Read Full Overview

"Mantrap" ist ein 1926 erschienener Roman des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Sinclair Lewis. Harry Sinclair Lewis (geboren 7. Februar 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota; gestorben 10. Januar 1951 in Rom) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der durch seine gesellschaftskritischen... Read Full Overview