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Sinclair Lewis’s 1925 novel Arrowsmith follows the life of Martin Arrowsmith, a young doctor who struggles to balance his desire for scientific discovery with the practical realities of medical practice. The novel explores the tension between scientific progress and human values, as it grapples with the pursuit of knowledge, professional ambition, and personal integrity. Arrowsmith is a biting critique of the medical profession and the commercialization of science. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1926—which Lewis declined to accept. 

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