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Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. A 1914 novel by Sinclair Lewis and the first to be published under his real name. Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company, quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. He decides to go traveling.
Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) "At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at a desk behind the stock-room. He was a meek little bachelor--a person of inconspicuous blue ready-made suits, and a small ...
Our Mr. Wrenn by Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Publication date 1914 Publisher New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company Collection cdl; americana Contributor
[4] The American Review of Reviews said "The tired business man will find just the right antidote for weariness in 'Our Mr. Wrenn'." [5] Boston Transcript said "A respectful consideration of the claims of plot and construction might be suggested as not out of place even when a person is making his first book 'a labor of love' as his publishers announce he is here doing."
"In story and in treatment the novel is wholly of our own day, but in spirit and feeling it makes evident the paternity of Charles Dickens." -"Latest Works of Fiction," The New York Times, March 1, 1914 Our Mr. Wrenn is an early example of Sinclair Lewis's capacity for creating memorable characters who have many of the characteristics of stereotypes.
This is a coming-of-age story of Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company, who quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father and decides to go on a voyage to Europe. A brief story on how the leading character, Mr. Wrenn, changes his life around. This story is also a window into the minds of the prewar people from 1910's New York.
Our Mr. Wrenn (1914) is, in fact, little more than an American "translation" of a combination of. two popular Wells novels, Kipps (1905) and The History of Mr. Polly (1910). The cognation of the small bird names "Polly" and. "Wren(n)" is obvious; somewhat less obvious, but undeniable, are the implications of the subde analogues. Where Wells ex.
