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Questions about the American novelist and short-story writer Sinclair Lewis (1885 – 1951) and his works. Lewis wrote novels such as 'Babbitt' (1922), 'Arrowsmith' (1925), 'Elmer Gantry' (1927) and 'It Can’t Happen Here' (1935). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930.
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What does "whose shadows were all about her" modify in this text?
Shadows is modifying only the Yankee fur-traders, as you first thought. The comma makes this clear. The sentence would have worked without it, so it's only there to make this division. As for your sec …
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What does "rather vaguely conceived sweetness and light" mean in this context?
Carol trusts in the fundamental goodness of the world, without quite knowing what it is ("vaguely conceived"), and this emboldens her to be more adventurous than the other girls.
"Sweetness and light …