In the first six months of 1921, it sold 180,000 copies. Carol milford is a liberal, free spirited young woman, reared in the metropolis of minneapolis. 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. The librivox catalog page for this work lists the librivox readers. Pdf arrowsmith book by sinclair lewis free download 428. In 1930, he became the first writer from the united states and the first from the.
Consequently the narrative presents a series of episodes rather than a tightly constructed plot. 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. Lewis felt it would sell 10,000 copies, and his publisher predicted a run of 20,000 would be adequate. Main street by sinclair lewis p1 of 2 full audiobook. Librivox recording of main street version 2 by sinclair lewis. This was followed by the two novels considered by many to be his finest, babbitt 1922 and arrowsmith 1925, which was awarded the pulitzer prize in 1926, but declined by lewis. Carol milford, the daughter of a judge, grew up in mankato. Now you can read main street free from the comfort of your computer or mobile phone and enjoy other many other free books by sinclair lewis. Pdf main street by sinclair lewis download pdf free ebook. The project gutenberg ebook of main street, by sinclair lewis this ebook is for.
Satirizing small town life, main streetis perhaps sinclair lewis s most famous book. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the. Main street attacks the conformity and dullness of earlytwentiethcentury midwestern village. American novelist and playwright, and the first american author to be awarded the nobel prize in literature. Main street, sinclair lewis main street is a satirical novel written by sinclair lewis, and published in 1920.
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Sinclair lewis s main street, published in 1920, was not expected to be a commercial success. The novel is set in gopher prairie, roughly based on sauk centre, minnesota, lewis. Carol milford is a young, liberated woman from saint paul, minnesota, who marries a smalltown doctor named will kennicott. In writing main street, sinclair lewis paid little attention to formal plot development. This library of america series edition is printed on acid free paper and features smythsewn binding, a full cloth cover, and a ribbon marker. In a sturdy protective box which has been taped on the corners and the top and bottom sides. Harry sinclair lewis february 7, 1885 january 10, 1951 was an american novelist, shortstory writer and playwright. Harry sinclair lewis february 7, 1885 january 10, 1951 was an american novelist, shortstory writer, and playwright. Book download main street by sinclair lewis look free ebook. Read chapter i of main street by sinclair lewis free of charge on readcentral. In 1930 sinclair lewis became the first american to win the nobel prize for literature, and the 1920 publication of main street brought him his first serious critical recognition. Read main street online by sinclair lewis at, the free online library full of thousands of classic books.
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