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Remove semantics from to conform to epub specįix typo in original scan: quarrrels â quarrels Remove 'se:role' metadata in favor of 'role' available in EPUB 3.3 Read about which file to download and how to transfer them to your ereader. You may also be interested in our Kobo FAQ.Īdvanced epub â An advanced format that uses the latest technology not yet fully supported by most ereaders. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindleâs library. When Lewis went on to win the 1926 Pulitzer for Arrowsmith, he declined itâwith the New York Times reporting that he did so because he was still angry at the Pulitzers for being denied the prize for Main Street.ĭespite the bookâs snub at the Pulitzers, Lewis went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930, with Main Street being cited as one of the reasons for his win.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps. Main Street was awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, but the decision was overturned by the prizeâs Board of Trustees and awarded instead to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence. The bookâs celebration and condemnation of small town life make it a candidate for the title of the Great American Novel. Its bitingly satirical portrayal made Main Street highly acclaimed by its contemporaries, though many thought the satirical take was perhaps a bit too dark and hopeless. The town is fully realized, with generations of inhabitants interacting in a complex web of village society. Gopher Prairie is a detailed, satirical take on small-town American life, modeled after Sauk Centre, the town in which Lewis himself grew up. She struggles to try to reform the town in her image, while finding meaning in the seeming cultural desert sheâs found herself in and in her increasingly cold marriage. She soon meets Will Kennicott, a small-town doctor, and the two get married and move to Gopher Prairie, Kennicottâs home town.Ĭarol, inspired by big-city ideas, soon begins chafing at the seeming quaintness and even backwardness of the townsfolk, and their conservative, self-satisfied way of life. After her education, during which sheâs exposed to big-city life and culture, she moves to Minneapolis to work as a librarian. Â 68 in the Modern Libraryâs 100 Best NovelsĬarol Milford grows up in a mid-sized town in Minnesota before moving to Chicago for college. Standard Ebooksġ71,820 words (10 hours 25 minutes) with a reading ease of 73.07 (fairly easy) Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.

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