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Main street : the story of Carol Kennicott / Sinclair Lewis ; with an introduction and notes by Martin Bucco.

by Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.

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Penguin Books, 1995.

Women college graduates -- Fiction.

Physicians' spouses -- Fiction.

Small town life -- Fiction.

Married women -- Fiction.

Social acceptance -- Fiction.

Minnesota -- Fiction.

Penguin classics.

9780140189018 (trade pbk.)

0140189017 (trade pbk.)

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xxv, 415 p. ; 21 cm.

Carol Milford is a liberal, free-spirited young woman, reared in the metropolis of Saint Paul, Minnesota. She marries Will Kennicott, a doctor, who is a small-town boy at heart. When they marry, Will convinces her to live in his home-town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota (a town modeled on Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the author's birthplace). Carol is appalled at the backwardness of Gopher Prairie. But her disdain for the town's physical ugliness and smug conservatism compels her to reform it. She speaks with its members about progressive changes, joins women's clubs, distributes literature, and holds parties to liven up Gopher Prairie's inhabitants. Despite her friendly, but ineffective efforts, she is constantly derided by the leading cliques. She finds comfort and companionship outside her social class. These companions are taken from her one by one. In her unhappiness, Carol leaves her husband and moves for a time to Washington, D.C., but she eventually returns. Nevertheless, Carol does not feel defeated...

Historical fiction.

Classic fiction.

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