Sinclair lewis 18851951, was born in sauk centre, minnesota, and graduated from yale in 1907. Paul, when she meets a country doctor, will kennicott, who convinces her to marry him and move to the rural minnesota town of gopher prairie. Monkeynotes study guides download storedownloadable study guidesbook summary,book notes,notes,chapter summarysynopsis. Download m4b part 1 177mb download m4b part 2 174mb download m4b part 3 157mb download cover art download cd case insert.
It relates the life and struggles of carol milford kennicott in the small town of gopher prairie, minnesota, as she comes into conflict with the smalltown. Main street by sinclair lewis in djvu, epub, fb3 download ebook. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. She marries will kennicott, a doctor, who is a smalltown boy at heart. The first of sinclair lewiss great successes, main street shattered the sentimental american myth of happy smalltown life with its satire of narrowminded provincialism. Her mother they had buried near the monongahelathe girl herself had heaped with torn sods the grave beside the river of the beautiful name. The project gutenberg ebook of main street, by sinclair lewis this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in sauk centre, minnesota, lewiss sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life.
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National humanities center sinclair lewis, main street, 1920, excerpts. Read in english by mark nelson carol milford, a collegeeducated, progressive, ambitious young woman, is selfsufficient working as a librarian in st. The first of sinclair lewis s great successes, main street shattered the sentimental american myth of happy smalltown life with its satire of narrowminded provincialism. Main street sinclair lewis audiobook and ebook all. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Main street is a satirical novel written by sinclair lewis, and published in 1920 satirizing small town life, main street is perhaps sinclair lewiss most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 nobel prize for literature. This acclaimed book by sinclair lewis is available at in several formats for your ereader. Sinclair lewiss main street was published in 1920, the year that ori ginated a tu rbulent period of renovation and upheav al in the social, cultural, artistic al, technological, and i. Carol milford is a liberal, freespirited young woman, reared in the metropolis of minneapolis. Main street by sinclair lewis free ebook manybooks.
Lingeman examined the letters and diaries of sinclair lewis and took a look at the. Thsi is a part of a series published in the 1920s of great authors, sinclair lewiss portrait of. Harry sinclair lewis february 7, 1885 january 10, 1951 was an american novelist, shortstory writer and playwright. In writing main street, sinclair lewis paid little attention to formal plot development. Main street by sinclair lewis free ebook project gutenberg. The book has been awarded with pulitzer prize for novel 1926. The town is, in our tale, called gopher prairie, minnesota. Pdf main street by sinclair lewis download pdf free ebook. They hurt each other very much, and sometimes they were close to weeping, and invariably. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume. The first edition of the novel was published in 1920, and was written by sinclair lewis. Main street by sinclair lewis full text free book part.
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In that context it does remind me of two of his earlier novels. It appears to me that sinclair lewis really hit his stride with main. Main street 1920 is a story about carol milford, who is convinced by her new husband, dr. Main street by sinclair lewis pdf free download ebook. Here is the story of carol kennicott, who, to be accepted, must adapt to the ways of gopher prairie, minnesota. Satirizing small town life, main street is perhaps sinclair lewiss most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 nobel prize for literature. Main street attacks the conformity and dullness of early 20th century midwestern village life in the story of carol milford, the city girl who marries the town doctor.
Free download or read online main street pdf epub book. The range of reactions to main street when it was published in 1920 was extraordinary, reflecting the ambivalence in the novel itself and lewiss own mixed feelings about his hometown of sauk centre, minnesota, the prototype for gopher prarie. Main street attacks the conformity and dullness of earlytwentiethcentury midwestern village life in the story of carol. Jane smiley on sinclair lewiss main street books the. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 428 pages and is available in hardcover format. Sinclair lewis i am writing to tell you how glad i am that you wrote main street. Main street by sinclair lewis monkeynotes summarystudy. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 454 pages and is available in paperback format.
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I liked each of them in the reverse order of publication. In 1930, he became the first writer from the united states and the first from the americas to receive the nobel prize in literature, which was awarded for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters. Carol milford kennicott, a graduate of sanctimonious blodgett college, with a year of additional study in a chicago library school, works as a librarian in st. This is the fourth of his works that i have read elmer gantry, main street and babbit being the others and although i didnt like arrowsmith quite as much as those three, i still couldnt put it down. Others want to carry documents around with them on their mobile phones and read while they are on the move. Published in 1920, the novel follows carol milford as she moves to a conventional small town, where she encounters its conceited residents characterized by their ignorance, hypocrisy, and.
Carol kennicott in washington, dc 3 ii for a month they discussed it. This is americaa town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. This is our pdf document file that you purchase and. Main street 1920 was his first critical and commercial success. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Free download or read online arrowsmith pdf epub book.
The story of main street is seen through the eyes of carol kennicott, a young woman married to a midwestern doctor who settles in the minnesota town of gopher prairie modeled on lewis hometown of sauk center. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in sauk centre, minnesota, lewis s sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Main street by sinclair lewis full text free book full text archive. The first edition of the novel was published in 1925, and was written by sinclair lewis.