Notable for shattering the uniquely American myth of the open, progressive-minded small town, this novel\'s incisive attack on the provincial mentality stunned a nation that was proud of its new prosperity and power.
His subtle characterizations and intimate details of small-town America make Main Street a complex and compelling work and established Lewis as an important figure in twentieth-century American literature..
Lewis\'s portrayal of a marriage torn by disillusionment and a woman forced into compromises is at once devastating social satire and persuasive realism.
But her efforts to reform the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, conventionality, pitifully unambitious cultural endeavors, and--worst of all--the pettiness and bigotry of small-town minds.
Young college graduate Carol Milford moves from the city to tiny Gopher Prairie after marrying the local doctor, and tries to bring culture to the small town.
Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis\'s sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life.
The first of Sinclair Lewis\'s great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism.
Revised reissue.
This edition features a new Introduction.
Notable for shattering the uniquely American myth of the open, progressive-minded small town, this novel\'s incisive attack on the provincial mentality stunned a nation that was proud of its new prosperity and power
