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She marries will kennicott, a doctor, who is a smalltown boy at. Carol milford is a liberal, free spirited young woman, reared in the metropolis of minneapolis. Main street, sinclair lewis main street is a satirical novel written by sinclair lewis, and published in 1920. As a matter of fact i suppose it will find most of its readers in the cities. This classic by sinclair lewis shattered the sentimental american myth of happy smalltown life with its satire. Will kennicott, to leave the city life to which she is accustomed. Main street, originally published in 1920, is the story of a sophisticated young woman who moves to a small town in the american midwest in 1912 and struggles against the smallminded culture of the citizens who live there. The award reflected his groundbreaking work in the 1920s on books such as main street, babbitt, and arrowsmith. Main street by sinclair lewis by sinclair lewis nook book. The satire extends not just to the townfolk of gopher prairie, but to the city folk of washington too. Main street and babbitt library of america library of america.
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