His works are known for their insightful and critical views of american society. Will kennicott, to leave the city life to which she is accustomed. In 1930, he became the first writer from the united states to be awarded the nobel prize in literature, for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters. Pdf main street by sinclair lewis download pdf free ebook. Sinclair lewis university of minnesota pamphlets on american writers number. Read main street mobi classics by sinclair lewis available from rakuten kobo. Main street is the book that first established sinclair lewiss reputation as an important writer is both a satire and an affectionate portrait of gopher prairie, a typical american town, which was undoubtedly suggested by sauk centre, minnesota, where lewis was born. It cant happen here ebook free by sinclair lewis epubmobi. However, she marries a doctor, who persuades her to settle with him in gopher prairie, minnesota.
Sinclair lewis 18851951 won the nobel prize for literature in 1930, the first american novelist to be so honored. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Main street is a 1923 american silent drama film based on the 1920 novel of the same name by sinclair lewis. According to biographer richard lingeman, main street made lewis. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Pdf main street book by sinclair lewis free download. She marries will kennicott, a doctor, who is a smalltown boy at. In 1930, he became the first writer from the united states and the first from the americas to receive the nobel prize in literature, which was awarded for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.
Carol kennicott nee milford, educated at tiny blodgett college, wants action. Jan 21, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It relates the life and struggles of carol milford kennicott in the small town of gopher prairie, minnesota, as. A broadway play version of the novel was produced in 1921. Kennicott puts a stop to the romance and makes plain to his wife the kind of life she would lead if married to the son of a swedish farmer. The novel that prefigures donald trumps authoritative appealsalon he cant get here, is sinclair lewiss only, later, novels to match the power of main street, babbitt, and arrowsmitha warning on the fragility of democracy, it is alarming, strangely timeless look how fascism could take hold in americawritten during the great depression, when the country was largely unaware. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Main street sinclair lewis audiobook and ebook all you. This is americaa town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 454 pages and is available in paperback format. Jane smiley on sinclair lewiss main street books the. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in america. Main street by sinclair lewis free ebook manybooks.
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