Main Street (novel)

The novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis was published in 1920. The novel is set in Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis?s hometown.

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Sinclair Lewis - 1920 - Gopher Prairie, Minnesota - Sauk Centre, Minnesota

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The protagonist is Carol Kennicott, a doctor's wife, who is seeking to fit in to a very closed society. The novel is important for a number of reasons. Among them is the portrayal of a strong female protagonist (who during the novel leaves the town for a period to work in Washington), and what one might now call feminist themes, by a male writer. Lewis later won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Carol Kennicott - Feminist - Nobel Prize in Literature

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This portrait of the town was not particularly sympathetic, and the book was banned in nearby Alexandria, Minnesota.

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