Arrowsmith is a novel by American author and and playwright Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1925. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Lewis but he refused to accept it. The book was to be co-authored with science writer Paul de Kruif, but Lewis is listed as sole author. Nevertheless, De Kruif received 25% of the royalties on sales. A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885–January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Paul de Kruif, or Paul Henry De Kruif ( 1890 - 1971 ) was an American microbiologist and author. ...

Arrowsmith tells the story of young Dr. Martin Arrowsmith as he makes his way through medical school, marries, considers the lure of high-paying industrial research, and takes a post with a research institute. The book's final sections deal with Dr Arrowsmith's experiences as he faces an outbreak of plague on a Caribbean island.

Dr Arrowsmith comes originally from "Zenith" the same fictional midwestern town as the characters in Lewis's novels Main Street and Babbitt. Many of the characters in Arrowsmith are believed to be modelled after people known to De Kruif. The novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis was published in 1920. ... Babbitt is a classic novel by the American novelist and playwright Sinclair Lewis, first published in 1922. ...

The book contains considerable social comment on the state and prospects of medicine in the United States in the 1920s. Dr. Arrowsmith is a progressive, even something of a rebel, and often challanges the existing state of things when he finds it wanting.

Arrowsmith has been compared with The Citadel by A. J. Cronin which also deals with the life experiences of a young idealistic doctor who tries to challenge and improve the existing system of medical practice. The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937 and turned into a 1938 film. ... A. J. Cronin is the pen-name of the Scottish novelist Archibald Joseph Cronin (July 19, 1896 - January 9, 1981). ...