Main Street (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Softcover

Lewis, Sinclair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593083866 ISBN 13: 9781593083861

Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

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About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This classic by Sinclair Lewis shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire. "Main Street attacks the conformity and dullness of early 20th Century midwestern village life in the story of Carol Milford, the city girl who marries the town doctor. Her efforts to bring culture to the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, and petty small-minded bigotry. Lewis's complex and compelling work established him as an important character in American literature.

About the Author:

Nobel Prize-winning writer Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) is best known for novels like Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith (for which he was awarded but declined the Pulitzer Prize), and Elmer Gantry. A writer from his youth, Lewis wrote for and edited the Yale Literary Magazine while a student, and started his literary career writing popular stories for magazines and selling plots to other writers like Jack London. Lewis s talent for description and creating unique characters won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930, making him the first American writer to win the prestigious award. Considered to be one of the greats of American literature, Lewis was honoured with a Great Americans series postage stamp, and his work has been adapted for both stage and screen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593083866
• ISBN 13: 9781593083861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496