Arrowsmith

Science, ambition, and a crisis of conscience.

Martin Arrowsmith is a brilliant medical student with dreams of transforming the world through science. But as he rises through the ranks of public health and research, personal loss, ambition, and society’s expectations threaten to derail his ideals. When a deadly epidemic strikes, Martin faces a brutal choice: stay true to scientific rigor—or bend the rules to save lives.

This is a gripping portrait of a man caught between principle and pragmatism. Bold, satirical, and ahead of its time, it’s a timeless look at the cost of integrity in a world driven by politics, ego, and public opinion.

First published in 1925 to great critical acclaim, Arrowsmith is the third major novel by Sinclair Lewis, author of Main Street and Babbitt, and arguably his most ambitious work. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1926 – which the author famously declined – it contributed to Lewis's growing reputation as a master storyteller, social commentator and the unsurpassed satirist of his time.