Main Street
Main Street DVD cover

Main Street

Sinclair Lewis


Main Street (1920) is Sinclair Lewis’ most significant work, and along with Babbitt, established him as the premier critic and satirist of small town America in the early 2oth century. Set in the 1910’s and spanning the First World War and the onset of Prohibition, the story centers on the frustrations of Carol Milford, a liberal free spirit from St. Paul, Minnesota, who marries Will Kennicott, a doctor from Gopher Prairie, who persuades her to settle there. Stunned by the town’s conservative backward ways and lack of beauty, she gamely joins in and tries to liven things up and bring about progressive change, only to meet with derision from the in crowd. She manages to find companionship outside her class, but these connections are gradually broken. Reaching bottom, she leaves her husband and moves to Washington, DC, but eventually returns, disappointed but undefeated. Not surprisingly, the book created a backlash when it was published; it was banned in Alexandria, MN. Some thought it exceptionally bleak and humorless. Today it is listed number 68 by the Modern Library on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.

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Product Details

Read by: Multiple readers
Length: 18 hours 16 minutes
Type: Collaborative reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: CD jacket
Item No.: CJ-1147
EAN: 0687700170969
List Price: $11.99

Credits


Production

Book Coordinator: Denny Sayers
Meta Coordinator: David Barnes

Artwork
Cover: Postcard of Main Street, Keene New Hampshire, looking north to Central Square, from Main Street Crossing. Done in the 1910s, Tichnor Quality Views, Keene Public Librar
Inset: Sinclair Lewis, photo from his award for Nobel laureate in Literature 1930
Insert: Main Street first edition cover

The Recordings

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The Recordings

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Table of Contents

Track Section Reader Length
01 Introduction Denny Sayers 2:40
02 Chapter 01 Denny Sayers 33:11
03 Chapter 02 Mark Nelson 18:32
04 Chapter 03 Mark Nelson 28:51
05 Chapter 04 Red Toby 51:45
06 Chapter 05 Mark Nelson 33:48
07 Chapter 06 Anthony Craine 29:54
08 Chapter 07 Anthony Craine 28:48
09 Chapter 08 Mark Nelson 13:11
10 Chapter 09 Lucy Burgoyne 28:46
11 Chapter 10 Lucy Burgoyne 40:03
12 Chapter 11 Mark Nelson 52:35
13 Chapter 12 Jesse Owen 19:41
14 Chapter 13 Robert Beach 16:36
15 Chapter 14 Robert Beach 33:48
16 Chapter 15 Mark Nelson 47:27
17 Chapter 16 Silver 22:52
18 Chapter 17 Robert Beach 26:26
19 Chapter 18 Barbara Pfaff 30:57
20 Chapter 19 Robert Beach 25:17
21 Chapter 20 J. M. Smallheer 23:22
22 Chapter 21 Robert Beach 28:31
23 Chapter 22 J. M. Smallheer 27:26
24 Chapter 23 Robert Beach 31:21
25 Chapter 24 Robert Beach 41:41
26 Chapter 25 Robert Beach 20:00
27 Chapter 26 Robert Beach 17:53
28 Chapter 27 H Tanaka 9:03
29 Chapter 28 Robert Beach 33:09
30 Chapter 29 Robert Beach 35:28
31 Chapter 30 Robert Beach 31:29
32 Chapter 31 Robert Beach 21:05
33 Chapter 32 Robert Beach 33:27
34 Chapter 33 Mark Nelson 37:20
35 Chapter 34 Danielle Flores 16:14
36 Chapter 35 Sandra 16:31
37 Chapter 36 Anthony Craine 15:39
38 Chapter 37 Sandra 14:08
39 Chapter 38 Michael Yard 35:42
40 Chapter 39 Michael Yard 21:19

 

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