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Main Street Author: 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. ... more »
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Sinclair is very depressing in this book and it is over 500 pages long. Can't say I will read another one of his books.
This novel made Lewis a best-selling author. His satire resonated with people made apathetic and angry by hot air, posturing, and exercise of raw power by the powerful. Small town life grinds down college educated Carol Kennicott, who’s romantic and silly enough to think she can turn a burg into a sophisticated spot.
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- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( L ) >> Lewis, Sinclair