description: A classic American novel which was initially awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, but was rejected by the Board of Trustees, who overturned the jury's decision. The prize went, instead, to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence. Main Street was the first major commercial success for the American novelist and playwright who, in 1930, became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
language: English
title: Main Street
titlecomplete: Main Street
characters: Carol Milford, Will Kennicott
genres: American, Literary Fiction, Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 25587
places: Minnesota
publisher: Dodo Pr