Main Street
Main Street, published in 1920, made Sinclair Lewis famous. Carol Milford, a college-educated librarian from St. Paul, marries the country doctor Will Kennicott and goes to live in Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a town of three thousand people with a Main Street of false-front stores and a Thanatopsis Club that discusses English poetry in one afternoon. Carol arrives determined to bring beauty and ideas to the prairie and finds a community satisfied with itself, suspicious of anything foreign, and expert at gossip. Her attempts at reform, her friendships with the town's few misfits and her marriage are followed over a dozen years. Lewis's portrait of small-town America was both a best seller and a provocation. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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Frequently asked questions about Main Street
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis can be read online on Vinteuil, directly in your browser. The first chapter is free for everyone; the complete book is included in Vinteuil Reading ($4.99/month or $39.99/year) or yours forever for $2.99.
Can I read Main Street online?
Yes. Main Street opens right on this page, in a reader designed for long reading: adjustable text size, light, sepia and dark themes, a clickable table of contents and your place saved when you are signed in. No download or app is needed.
Is Main Street free to read on Vinteuil?
The first chapter of Main Street is free, without an account. To read the whole book, either buy its online reading for $2.99 (£2.99 in the UK) and keep it forever, or subscribe to Vinteuil Reading for $4.99/month (£4.99/month in the UK) or $39.99/year, with 1 month free for new subscribers. The subscription opens every book in the library and can be cancelled at any time.
Is Main Street in the public domain?
Yes. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
How long does it take to read Main Street?
About 11 h 05 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is Main Street?
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is filed under "Fiction" in the Vinteuil library.
