ENGLISH

CliffsNotes on Lewis' Main Street

By Salibelle Royster

Book information

Publisher
HMH Books
Year
1999
ISBN
9780544182677
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
750 kB (767710 bytes)
Series
CliffsNotes
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-01-21 04:20:55
Literary Criticism; Nonfiction; LIT004020

Description

This classic by Sinclair Lewis shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire. 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. Her efforts to bring culture to the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, and petty small-minded bigotry. Lewis's complex and compelling work established him as an important character in American literature.

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