Main Street The Story of Carol Kennicot Continued
Carol Kennicott arrives at a women’s book club meeting in a parlor filled with aging decor and folding chairs. Mrs. Dawson asks for help leading the discussion on English poetry as the group reviews Shakespeare and Byron, while Carol navigates doubt about the club’s cultural pretensions and her own aspirations.
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Luke Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Mia
Kennicott
Carol
Jenson
Portia
Shylock
Venice
Leonard Warren
Thanatopsie
Byron
Scott
Moore
Burns
Burne
Lord Byron
George Edwin Mott
Tennyson
Browning
Nat Hicks
Laila Rockh
Gopher Prairie
Main Street
Nat Hick
Carpenter Shop
Volunteer Fire Company
Carol Kennicott seeks reform and city status in Gopher Prairie
In a Midwest town, Carol Kennicott imagines deeper civic change after joining a literary group. She learns the village has a mayor, council, and a stubby city hall. Carol envisions a library, dances, and a broader English poetry program as she embraces local reform.
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Middle-west
Leonard Warren
Swinburne
Mrs. Warren
China
Mrs. Dawson
Angel
Shakespeare
Carol
Gopher Prairie
Nat Hicks
Aeed
Emigrant Journey to Oregon and California Gold
Grandmother narrates early California migration to Fort Sutter and a planned trek to Oregon. Settlers face Spanish rule, choose to preserve Americanism, and devise basket saddles for children to ride ponies. Children collect pebbles at American River as plans unfold.
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Sierra Ni
Ben
Fort Sutter
California
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Idaho
Sutter
Peggy
Grandmother
Mr Whale in Trouble in Ink Sea Escape
A tale shows Mr. Whale surrounded by predators as Nick plans a rescue. Ink from a bottle turns the sea black enabling the whale to dive away unseen while sharks cry out at the disappearance. The story ends with a cliffhanger.
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Mr. Zinfully
Nick
Mr. Whale
When a Woman Tells by Ruth Agnes Abeling
Mrs Ames reflects on her late husband Phil and a past between him and another woman. She recalls finding photographs and letters that bound their past and haunted Phil, arguing the real tragedy was their shared history rather than any other woman. The piece explores forgiveness, love, and burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Agnes Abeling
Phil
Kate Ames
Miss Sorensen
Vision of a Georgian town grounds a club’s power
In Gopher Prairie, Carol learns Vida Sherwin drives the Thanatopsis Club while wives of local leaders shape its influence. The scene shifts to a magazine room where Carol imagines a civic utopia a town hall and cultural amenities could inspire, guided by the club’s influential matrons.
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Gopher Prairie
Annapolis
Bowery Alexandria
Washington
Thanatopsis Club
Leonard Warren
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MAIN
Carol Kennicot
Sinclair Lewis
Harcourt, Brace & Howe, Inc
Tom
BY Allman
Freckles
BY Blosser
Whit
Delaware
Everett True
BY Ahern
Lightning
Saul
Story Poly
Columbus
Lent Library
Mias Willets
Thanatopsis
Vida
Beattie Star
Mrs. Ames
Mise Willets
Frank
Mississippi
Vida Sherwin
Lyman Cass
England
National Geographic
Willets
New England
Falmouth
Concord
Stockbridge
Farmington
Hillhouse Avenue
Forest Hille
Long Island
Devonshire Cottages
Kasex
Yorkshire
Djeddah
Callifornia
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