| Main Street: The Story Of Carol Kennicott Contributor(s): Lewis, Sinclair (Author) |
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ISBN: 0548019290 ISBN-13: 9780548019290 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Harry Sinclair Lewis was a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was awarded (and rejected) a Pulitzer prize for "Arrowsmith," and in 1930 became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. His books "Elmer Gantry," "Main Street," "Babbitt," "Kingsblood Royal," and "Cass Timberlane" were all banned in various places and times in the United States. "Main Street"'s protagonist, Carol Milford from Minneapolis, must adjust to small town life after marrying country doctor Will Kennecott and moving to his home town of Gopher Prairie. She finds the town backward, ugly, and conservative, and sets out to change it. She says "I do not admit that Main Street is as beautiful as it should be! I do not admit that dish-washing is enough to satisfy all women!" Her efforts meet with resistance, but a retreat to Washington, D.C. reveals that big city life presents its own problems, and she must learn to accept and appreciate Gopher Prairie for what it is. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1010 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.86 lbs) 460 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5991 Reading Level: 8.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 30.0 |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |