Main Street

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Main Street is a 1920 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis that critiques small-town American life and conformity through the experiences of its idealistic protagonist.

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instanceOf novel
satirical novel
adaptation Main Street (1923 film)
Main Street (1936 film)
author Sinclair Lewis
award Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (initially recommended)
countryOfOrigin United States
firstEditionFormat print
followedBy Babbitt
genre realist novel
satire
social novel
hasCharacter Guy Pollock
Miles Bjornstam
Raymie Wutherspoon
Vida Sherwin
hasInfluenceOn later American social novels
hasSubject middle class in the United States
small towns in literature
social criticism in literature
influenced Babbitt
ISBN various editions; public domain in some jurisdictions
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification PS3523.E94 M3
literaryMovement American realism
mainCharacter Dr. Will Kennicott
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor controversial depiction of provincialism
detailed portrayal of Midwestern small-town life
OCLC 1646081
pageCount approximately 400 pages
partOf American literature canon
linked to: American literature
placeInAuthorCareer breakthrough novel of Sinclair Lewis
precededBy The Trail of the Hawk
protagonist Carol Kennicott
Carol Milford
publicationDate 1920
publisher Harcourt, Brace and Howe
relatedEvent Pulitzer Prize for Fiction controversy
setting Gopher Prairie
Minnesota
theme conformity
critique of small-town American life
gender roles
individualism vs. community pressure
social change
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century

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Sinclair Lewis notableWork Main Street
Jazz Age literature hasNotableWork Main Street
Sinclair Lewis notableWork Main Street