{"product_id":"main-street-9780451530981","title":"Main Street","description":"The first of Sinclair Lewis's great successes, \u003cb\u003eMain Street\u003c\/b\u003e shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Young college graduate Carol Milford moves from the city to tiny Gopher Prairie after marrying the local doctor, and tries to bring culture to the small town. But her efforts to reform the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, conventionality, pitifully unambitious cultural endeavors, and--worst of all--the pettiness and bigotry of small-town minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLewis's portrayal of a marriage torn by disillusionment and a woman forced into compromises is at once devastating social satire and persuasive realism. His subtle characterizations and intimate details of small-town America make \u003cb\u003eMain Street\u003c\/b\u003e a complex and compelling work and established Lewis as an important figure in twentieth-century American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Signet Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451530981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.87h x 4.29w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e5991 \/ Main Street\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sinclair Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637466820764,"sku":"9780451530981","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a34e61b9-ba02-4f9f-9b4d-f70c3fa68d63.jpg?v=1603844839","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/main-street-9780451530981","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}