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. In the 1920s, lewis fired off a fusillade of sensational novels, exploding american shibboleths with a volatile mixture of caricature and photographic realism. Main street by sinclair lewis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This acclaimed book by sinclair lewis is available at in several formats for your ereader. At the same time, however, sinclair lewis derided smalltown attitudes throughout the book with his trademark satiric humour. The project gutenberg ebook of main street, by sinclair lewis this ebook is for. Main street modern library 100 best novels kindle edition by lewis, sinclair. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are. A dreamer, at age he unsuccessfully ran away from home, wanting to become a drummer boy in the spanish. Main street attacks the conformity and dullness of earlytwentiethcentury midwestern village life in the story of carol milford, the city girl who marries the town doctor. Sinclair lewiss main street is a long meditation on this peculiarly american combination of freedom and rigidity.
Consequently the narrative presents a series of episodes rather than a tightly constructed plot. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. See all books authored by sinclair lewis, including it cant happen here, and main street, and more on. Known for their satirical take on modern affairs, his bestknown books include main street, arrowsmith, babbitt, and dodsworth. With an unerring eye for the american scene and an omnivorous ear for american talk, he mocked such sacrosanct institutions as the small town main street, business babbitt, medicine. The heroine, carol kennicott, chafes at the dullness and sterility of her existence as the wife of the local doctor, and she. 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. Published in 1920, the novel follows carol milford as she moves to a conventional small town, where she encounters its conceited residents. In writing main street, sinclair lewis paid little attention to formal plot development.
Sinclair lewis 1885 1951 sinclair lewis february 7, 1885 january 10, 1951 was an american novelist and playwright. Erik abruptly leaves gopher prairie on the minneapolis. Main street by sinclair lewis download free kindle epub. 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. The only serious extramarital love affair in main street is that between carol and erik valborg, a tailors assistant five years younger than she. Published in 1920, main street was a major bestseller, reflecting the publics interest in wholesome smalltown life. However, she marries a doctor, who persuades her to settle with him in gopher prairie, minnesota. Main street isbn 9781595473776 pdf epub sinclair lewis. Sinclair lewis books list of books by author sinclair lewis. The first of sinclair lewiss great successes, main street shattered the sentimental american myth of happy smalltown life with its satire of narrowminded provincialism.
Jun 24, 2006 jane smiley continues her series on the novel with a look at sinclair lewis s main street, about the claustrophobia of smalltown life in america jane smiley sat 24 jun 2006 08. Main street by sinclair lewis by sinclair lewis nook. After graduating from yale in 1908, lewis began writing fiction, publishing 22 novels by the end of his career. His early works, while often praised by literary critics, did not reach popularity but with main street 1920, babbitt 1922, arrowsmith 1925, elmer gantry 1927, and dodsworth 1929, sinclair lewis achieved fame as a writer.
Main street with biographical introduction kindle edition. This is a list of film versions of sinclair lewis s novels, adapted from stephen r. Sinclair lewiss main street, published in 1920, tells the story of carol milford, a clever and ambitious young woman, who at college harbours dreams of a career as a town planner. 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. The first of his major novels of the 1920s, sinclair lewiss main street satirizes the manners of. Main street, sinclair lewis main street is a satirical novel written by sinclair lewis, and published in 1920. Main street by sinclair lewis free ebook manybooks. Pdf main street book by sinclair lewis free download 454. Satirizing small town life, main street is perhaps sinclair lewis s most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 nobel prize for literature. Free download or read online main street pdf epub book. They share a nimble, though often heavy handed touch of irony, and good characterization. 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.
Harry sinclair lewis was an american novelist, shortstory writer, and playwright. Main street by sinclair lewis by sinclair lewis nook book. He sees himself as a pretty successful business man, but when tanis, the lonely widow has a leaky roof, he sees an opportunity for perhaps a more fulfilling relationship then he has at home. I started with babbitt, a worthy novel, but inferior to main street. Lewis trenchant social commantary is present in both. Born harry sinclair lewis in sauk centre, minnesota, he began reading books at a young age and kept a diary. The first edition of the novel was published in 1920, and was written by sinclair lewis.
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This is a list of film versions of sinclair lewiss novels, adapted from stephen r. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in sauk centre, minnesota, lewiss sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Jan 21, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Sinclair lewis books biography and list of works author. A dreamer, at age he unsuccessfully ran away from home, wanting to become a drummer boy in the spanishamerican war. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Her efforts to bring culture to the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, and petty smallminded. Main street free pdf, djvu, epub, fb3 books library. Main street 1920 was his first critical and commercial success. Main street is a satirical novel written by sinclair lewis, and published in 1920. The story of carol kennicott by sinclair lewis pdf, epub, fb2, djvu, talking book, mp3, rtf 416 pages isbn.
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