Editing Dodsworth (novel) (section)

==Critique==
In his analysis of the novel, Martin R. Ausmus has described ''Dodsworth'' as Lewis' "most sympathetic yet most savage", "most real" and "truest picture of the middle class" of America at the time.<ref>{{cite journal | jstor=40115086 | last=Ausmus | first=Martin R. | title=Sinclair Lewis, ''Dodsworth'', and the Fallacy of Reputation | journal=Books Abroad | volume=34 | issue=4 | pages=349–355 | date=Autumn 1960 | doi=10.2307/40115086 }}</ref>  Michael Augspurger has noted the influence of the ideas of [[Thorstein Veblen]] in his analysis of the presence of ideas and ideology related to business in the novel.<ref>{{cite journal | jstor=1315141 | last=Augspurger | first=Michael | title=Sinclair Lewis' Primers for the Professional Managerial Class: ''Babbitt'', ''Arrowsmith'', and ''Dodsworth''| journal=The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association | volume=34 | issue=2 | pages=73–97 | date=Spring 2001 | doi=10.2307/1315141 }}</ref>