The story was unexpectedly bleak, and I realized it couldn't have been written today. What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting? At the same time, the sins of her husband, are never revealed to her. The town disapproves, and she is shocked to find, talks about her behind her back. Carol, the idealistic wife of one of the town doctors imported from the big city, finds solace in her friendships with her maids. The treatment and scorn of minorities by the town could be Arizona today, except that in Gopher Prairie, the hated immigrants taking the worst jobs and struggling to find a better future for their children are Swedish immigrants. Lewis alternately loves and loathes the town, where an outsider is anyone who wasn't born and raised in the town. The descriptions of Gopher Prarie, Minnesota, are as apt today as they were almost 100 years ago. What did you love best about Main Street?
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