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Dodsworth

Dodsworth

Dodsworth is a satirical novel by American writer Sinclair Lewis, first published by Harcourt Brace & Company in March 1929. Its subject, the differences between US and European intellect, manners, and morals, is one that frequently appears in the works of Henry James.


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“The trouble with this country is… that there're too many people going about saying "The trouble with this country is—"”

Dodsworth, Ch. 10 http://books.google.com/books?id=_nL1PGgdVDIC&q=%22The+trouble+with+this+country+is%22+%22that+there're+too+many+people+going+about+saying%22&pg=PA82#v=onepage (1929)

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