by Sinclair Lewis (Author)
Young college graduate Carol Kennicott moves from a big city to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, the small town from which her new husband hails. Imbued with ideals of urban improvement, she dreams of redesigning her adopted village, but her efforts are thwarted by the narrow-mindedness, pettiness and conventionality of the locals, who conspire against her and deride all her endeavours.
An enormous commercial and critical success on its first publication in 1920,
Main Street - regarded by many as Sinclair Lewis's best novel - delivers a scathing satire on the American dream, and is invaluable as a document of pre-Prohibition Middle America.
Author Biography
The American novelist and playwright Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) is best remembered for Main Street and Babbitt, two satirical novels criticizing the complacency of American society and the excesses of capitalism during the interwar period.
Number of Pages: 341
Dimensions: 1.18 x 7.8 x 5.04 IN
Publication Date: July 25, 2023
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Main Street
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 8.6
Point Value: 30
