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The narrative centers on Carol Milford, a young college graduate who relocates to the small town of Gopher Prairie after marrying a local doctor. Her attempts to introduce culture and change are met with fierce resistance from the townspeople, revealing the narrow-mindedness and conformity that pervade small-town life. Sinclair Lewis uses Carol's struggles to critique the limitations and provincial attitudes of midwestern communities, challenging the idealized vision of American small-town existence.
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Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2008
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- Titel
- Main Street
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Sinclair Lewis
- Verlag
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2008
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 480
- ISBN13
- 9780451530981
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historische Romane, Klassiker, USA, Amerikanische Literatur, 20. Jahrhundert, Amerika, Satire, Nobelpreis, Emanzipation, Zwischenkriegszeit
- Bewertung
- 3,7 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- The narrative centers on Carol Milford, a young college graduate who relocates to the small town of Gopher Prairie after marrying a local doctor. Her attempts to introduce culture and change are met with fierce resistance from the townspeople, revealing the narrow-mindedness and conformity that pervade small-town life. Sinclair Lewis uses Carol's struggles to critique the limitations and provincial attitudes of midwestern communities, challenging the idealized vision of American small-town existence.