{"product_id":"9781593080365","title":"Main Street (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMain Street\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eSinclair Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e“This is America—a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves.” So \u003cb\u003eSinclair Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e—recipient of the Nobel Prize and rejecter of the Pulitzer—prefaces his novel \u003ci\u003eMain Street\u003c\/i\u003e. Lewis is brutal in his depictions of the self-satisfied inhabitants of small-town America, a place which proves to be merely an assemblage of pretty surfaces, strung together and ultimately empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrooke Allen\u003c\/b\u003e holds a Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia University. She is a book critic whose work has appeared in numerous publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, The New Criterion, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Hudson Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Leader\u003c\/i\u003e. A collection of her essays, \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century Attitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048319959280,"sku":"9781593080365","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593080365_p0.jpg?v=1763811817","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593080365","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}