{"product_id":"main-street-paperback","title":"Main Street - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSinclair Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Killough\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first of Sinclair Lewis's great successes, \u003cb\u003eMain Street\u003c\/b\u003e shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. 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. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLewis's portrayal of a marriage torn by disillusionment and a woman forced into compromises is at once devastating social satire and persuasive realism. His subtle characterizations and intimate details of small-town America make \u003cb\u003eMain Street\u003c\/b\u003e a complex and compelling work and established Lewis as an important figure in twentieth-century American literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinclair Lewis \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, and graduated from Yale University in 1908. His college career was interrupted by various part-time occupations, including a period working at the Helicon Home Colony, Upton Sinclair's socialist experiment in New Jersey. He worked for some years as a free lance editor and journalist, during which time he published several minor novels. But with the publication of \u003cb\u003eMain Street \u003c\/b\u003e(1920), which sold half a million copies, he achieved wide recognition. This was followed by the two novels considered by many to be his finest, \u003cb\u003eBabbitt \u003c\/b\u003e(1922) and \u003cb\u003eArrowsmith \u003c\/b\u003e(1925), which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1926, but declined by Lewis. In 1930, following \u003cb\u003eElmer Gantry \u003c\/b\u003e(1927) and \u003cb\u003eDodsworth \u003c\/b\u003e(1929), Sinclair Lewis became the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for distinction in world literature. This was the apogee of his literary career, and in the period from \u003cb\u003eAnn Vickers \u003c\/b\u003e(1933) to the posthumously published \u003cb\u003eWorld So Wide \u003c\/b\u003e(1951) Lewis wrote ten novels that reveal the progressive decline of his creative powers. \u003cb\u003eFrom Main Street to Stockholm\u003c\/b\u003e, a collection of his letters, was published in 1952, and \u003cb\u003eThe Man from Main Street\u003c\/b\u003e, a collection of essays, in 1953. During his last years Sinclair Lewis wandered extensively in Europe, and after his death in Rome in 1951 his ashes were returned to his birthplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 6.87 x 4.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Main Street\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755532509517,"sku":"9780451530981","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/NXJtZmFHVE9zYUthejl2MS8wSFVWdz09.webp?v=1776719263","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/main-street-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}