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    THE JOB

    AN AMERICAN NOVEL

    BY
    SINCLAIR LEWIS

    AUTHOR OF MAIN STREET, BABBITT, ETC.

    GROSSET & DUNLAP
    PUBLISHERS     NEW YORK

    Made in the United States of America


    Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers
    Printed in the United States of America
    Published February, 1917




    TO

    MY WIFE

    WHO HAS MADE "THE JOB" POSSIBLE AND LIFE ITSELF
    QUITE BEAUTIFULLY IMPROBABLE




    CONTENTS


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    Part I               3
    THE CITY

    Part