Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Elmer Gantry, Sinclair Lewis follows the rise of a magnetic, hard-drinking, sharp-tongued young man who discovers he has a talent for persuasion and a hunger for applause. Elmer Gantry is not driven by quiet faith so much as by ambition, appetite, and the thrill of winning a crowd, yet his gifts make him a natural fit for the American revival circuit of the early twentieth century. As Elmer drifts from campus life into the pulpit, he learns to shape his image, borrow the language of righteousness, and turn public emotion into personal power. Along the way he encounters rival preachers, savvy organizers, sincere believers, and formidable women whose intelligence and conviction challenge his self-serving instincts. Lewis builds a bustling portrait of small towns, big cities, tent meetings, and church politics, exposing how easily spiritual yearning can be exploited - and how difficult it is to separate genuine reform from performance. By turns biting and darkly funny, the novel asks what happens when charisma outruns conscience, and what a society eager for certainty will forgive in the name of salvation.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:56:17) Chapter 02

(01:32:47) Chapter 03

(01:52:11) Chapter 04

(02:18:17) Chapter 05

(02:46:00) Chapter 06

(03:12:20) Chapter 07

(03:38:47) Chapter 08

(04:14:29) Chapter 09

(04:42:32) Chapter 10

(05:15:17) Chapter 11

(05:47:58) Chapter 12

(06:28:16) Chapter 13

(06:55:16) Chapter 14

(07:51:05) Chapter 15

(08:13:35) Chapter 16

(08:53:26) Chapter 17

(09:29:54) Chapter 18

(09:56:44) Chapter 19

(10:38:19) Chapter 20

(10:57:20) Chapter 21

(11:36:33) Chapter 22

(12:09:47) Chapter 23

(12:37:00) Chapter 24

(12:59:17) Chapter 25

(13:29:55) Chapter 26

(14:05:15) Chapter 27

(14:26:00) Chapter 28

(14:44:50) Chapter 29

(15:16:52) Chapter 30

(15:29:09) Chapter 31

(15:50:13) Chapter 32

(16:23:32) Chapter 33

(16:37:15) Chapter 34

(17:06:43) Chapter 35

(17:40:06) Chapter 36

(17:57:49) Chapter 37

(18:25:58) Chapter 38

(19:09:01) Chapter 39

(19:37:02) Chapter 40

(19:51:17) Chapter 41

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