Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

Main Street

Sinclair Lewis

340 pages first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced

Description

Satirizing small town life, Main Street is perhaps Sinclair Lewis's most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. It relates the life and struggles of Carol Milford Kennicott in the small town of Gopher Prairie...

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Community Reviews Summary of 117 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
sad 50%
dark 25%

Pace

slow 75%
medium 25%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 75% | No: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.56

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