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The first of sinclair lewiss great successes, main street shattered the sentimental american myth of happy smalltown life with its satire of narrowminded provincialism. Main street by sinclair lewis overdrive rakuten overdrive. Main street by sinclair lewis by sinclair lewis nook book. The only serious extramarital love affair in main street is that between carol and erik valborg, a tailors assistant five years younger than she. The first of sinclair lewis s great successes, main street shattered the sentimental american myth of happy smalltown life with its satire of narrowminded provincialism.
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Jan 21, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Satirizing small town life, main street is perhaps sinclair lewiss most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 nobel prize for literature. 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. Main street in extra large print pdf epub sinclair lewis.
Sinclair lewiss main street is a long meditation on this peculiarly american combination of freedom and rigidity. Main street in extra large print pdf epub sinclair. At the same time, however, sinclair lewis derided smalltown attitudes throughout the book with his trademark satiric humour. Main street is a satirical novel written by sinclair lewis, and published in 1920. Main street by sinclair lewis highest quality annotatednook book. Cane, assisted by philip allan friedman published by pocket books, new york 1962. 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 in djvu, epub, fb3 download ebook. The first edition of the novel was published in 1920, and was written by sinclair lewis. This classic by sinclair lewis shattered the sentimental american myth of happy smalltown life with its satire. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading main street modern library 100 best novels. Sinclair lewis books biography and list of works author. In 1930, he became the first writer from the united states to be awarded the nobel prize in literature, for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters. There was much conversation, most of which sounded like the rest of it.
Editions of main street by sinclair lewis goodreads. However, she marries a doctor, who persuades her to settle with him in gopher prairie, minnesota. Sinclair lewis 18851951 a social satire, main street became a bestseller soon after its publication, fascinating readers with its biting humor and realistic portrayal of smalltown communities. 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.
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