# Main Street

By Sinclair Lewis.

"Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis is a novel published in 1920. It satirizes small-town life through Carol Milford Kennicott, an idealistic young woman who moves to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, and clashes with its narrow-minded residents. Determined to bring progressive change and beauty to the drab town, Carol faces constant resistance from the conservative community. The novel explores her struggles between conformity and independence, tradition and reform, in a provincial American setting that refuses to embrace her vision. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Satire; City and town life -- Fiction; Domestic fiction; Married women -- Fiction; Minnesota -- Fiction; Physicians' spouses -- Fiction; Women college graduates -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Main Street](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/279) by Sinclair Lewis (18 h 25 min, English)
- [Main Street (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/12305) by Sinclair Lewis (18 h 14 min, English)

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