Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith follows the journey of Martin Arrowsmith, a young medical student at the University of Winnemac. Driven by a sincere passion and a desire to make a positive contribution to the world, Martin faces numerous challenges. Personal vicissitudes, love interests, and societal pressures threaten to divert him from the path of pure science.

During a humanitarian crisis, Martin must make a crucial decision: to choose between scientific rigour and compassion, between maintaining his medical principles and saving lives. This choice tests his character and commitment to his ideals.

First published in 1925 to great critical acclaim, Arrowsmith is the third major novel by Sinclair Lewis, author of Main Street and Babbitt. It is arguably his most ambitious work. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1926, an honour the author famously declined. This recognition contributed to Lewis’s growing reputation as a master storyteller, social commentator, and the unsurpassed satirist of his time.