In college, she reads a book on village improvement in a sociology class and begins to dream of redesigning villages and towns. Highly acclaimed upon publication, Main Street remains a recognized American classic.Ĭarol Milford, the daughter of a judge, grew up in Mankato, Minnesota, and became an orphan in her teens. It relates the life and struggles of Carol Milford Kennicott as she comes into conflict with the small-town mentality of the residents of Gopher Prairie. 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. The novel takes place in the 1910s, with references to the start of World War I, the United States' entry into the war, and the years following the end of the war, including the start of Prohibition. The story is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's hometown. Main Street is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920. Print (hardback & paperback), and audiobook
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