Main Street Resources

WEBSITES

The Sinclair Lewis Society

In an ironic twist of fate, some people decided to start a club based around Sinclair Lewis. Let's hope they're not like the Boosters' Club or Athletic Club that we find in Babbitt.

Sinclair Lewis' Novels for Download

As the warning says, make sure you know your country's copyright laws before deciding which books to download. Grrrrr.

Lewis at St. Cloud State

Check out this site for a great bibliography and some solid online resources related to Sinclair Lewis.

MOVIE OR TV PRODUCTIONS

Main Street (1923 Film)

Released only three years after Lewis' book, this film is the only close adaptation made to date.

ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

The Romance of Sinclair Lewis

In this article, author and critic Gore Vidal discusses why it's a shame that people don't read Sinclair Lewis the way they used to.

Sinclair Lewis and the Novel Prize

In the excerpt, The Atlantic gives us a taste of the long Sinclair Lewis biography written by Mark Schorer. The article starts with a funny story about how Lewis thought a prank was being played on him when he first learned that he had won the Novel Prize.

AUDIO

Main Street Full Audiobook

Got a spare eighteen and a half hours? Great, so sit back and throw on this recording on Main Street.

NBC University Theatre Present Main Street (1948)

Travel back in time to an age when the radio drama was one of the most dominant forms of media.

IMAGES

Lewis Burning a Hole in Your Soul

Some people felt like Lewis was too judgmental of a person—and photos like this give you a good sense of why.

Young Lewis

Here's a good look at what Lewis would have looked like when he wrote Main Street.

Incredibly Awkward Smile

The title says it all. This photo makes Lewis look like he's about to eat a kitten.