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Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
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"Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man" is a 1914 novel by Sinclair Lewis - the first to be published under his real name. Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer and playwright. In 1930 he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. "Mr. Wrenn" was an immediate success, with reviewers citing its whimsicality - 'a story of the ordinary, serving as an antidote to modern weariness'. It tells the tale of Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company, who quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. From this point onwards, he decides to go travelling. Many antiquarian texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
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Release dateMar 11, 2015
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Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American author and playwright. As a child, Lewis struggled to fit in with both his peers and family. He was much more sensitive and introspective than his brothers, so he had a difficult time connecting to his father. Lewis’ troubling childhood was one of the reasons he was drawn to religion, though he would struggle with it throughout most of his young adult life, until he became an atheist. Known for his critical views of American capitalism and materialism, Lewis was often praised for his authenticity as a writer. With over twenty novels, four plays, and around seventy short stories, Lewis was a very prolific author. In 1930, Sinclair Lewis became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, setting an inspiring precedent for future American writers.

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    Subtitled: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentleman. Published in 1914 This was Sinclair Lewis’ first novel and it owes an awful lot to H G Well’s the History of Mr Polly, although Mr Wrenn is set mainly in New York. Mr Wrenn is in his late thirties when we take up his story; he is working for the Souvenir company pushing forward ideas for new products it is an undemanding job and Mr Wrenn lives in fear of his manager as do most of his colleagues. He is a bachelor and his life revolves around his job, the Moving Picture Palace that he visits most days and his dreams of visiting far off places. He reads all he can about exotic travel locations and his head is filled with adventure stories, all his spare money is saved for his travelling fund, but it looks certain that he will never get to spend it, until one day he inherits enough money to become independent.Mr Wrenn is a kind gentle man who is also lonely and he craves friendship, his inheritance changes everything for him because now he can live his dreams if he can dare himself to do so. He books a working passage on a cattle steamer heading for England and learns more about people and friendship than he ever did working for the Souvenir company. In England he travels to London where he meets Istra a wilful independent redhead. He is both fascinated and frightened of her artsy lifestyle, but she needs a kindly friend and sees in the innocent but brash American an ideal companion in her times of need. They embark on a foolhardy walking tour because Istra wants a little adventure and when she bails out and escapes to Paris, Mr Wrenn finds he is homesick for his previous life and returns to America. He gets his old job back, but now with added confidence he is able to make real progress and in addition he has discovered enough about himself to venture into making friends with other individuals. He finds new lodgings in a friendly household and romance is in the air with one of his fellow residents, but then unexpectedly Istra comes to New York and bursts back into his life.The novel contains a well rounded portrait of a lonely bachelor clinging to a hum drum life in a big city, there must have been thousands of people like him and the book evokes this state of being very well. The readers sympathy is always with Billy Wrenn and although we might cringe at his unworldliness we are pleased at his hesitant progress. Other characters are also successfully drawn in what turns out to be a rather slight novel. There is very little humour and absolutely no satire and it lacks the depth that H G Wells achieved in his History of Mr Polly. A novel of its time that was content to break no new ground and today has an antiquated feel but is entertaining nonetheless if you are in the mood for a light read. A harmless three stars.

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