Main Street - Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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"Main Street" is a novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1920. It tells the story of Carol Milford, a young woman who marries and moves to the small, fictional town of Gopher Prairie in Minnesota. The novel explores the clash between Carol's more cosmopolitan and progressive ideas and the conservative, narrow-minded attitudes of the town's residents. It is a critique of small-town American life and conformity.

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"Main Street" is a novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1920. It tells the story of Carol Milford, a young woman who marries and moves to the small, fictional town of Gopher Prairie in Minnesota. The novel explores the clash between Carol's more cosmopolitan and progressive ideas and the conservative, narrow-minded attitudes of the town's residents. It is a critique of small-town American life and conformity.
Autorenporträt
Nathaniel Hathorne, as his name was originally spelled, was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts; his birthplace is preserved and open to the public. William Hathorne, the author's great-great-great-grandfather, was a Puritan and the first of the family to emigrate from England. He settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, before moving to Salem. There he became an important member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and held many political positions, including magistrate and judge, becoming infamous for his harsh sentencing. William's son and the author's great-great-grandfather John Hathorne was one of the judges who oversaw the Salem witch trials. Hawthorne probably added the w to his surname in his early twenties, shortly after graduating from college, in an effort to dissociate himself from his notorious forebears. Hawthorne's father Nathaniel Hathorne Sr. was a sea captain who died in 1808 of yellow fever in Dutch Suriname; he had been a member of the East India Marine Society. After his death, his widow moved with young Nathaniel, his older sister Elizabeth, and their younger sister Louisa to live with relatives named the Mannings in Salem, where they lived for 10 years. Young Hawthorne was hit on the leg while playing bat and ball on November 10, 1813, and he became lame and bedridden for a year, though several physicians could find nothing wrong with him.