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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence
Language
Barely any
Period language; mild
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult romantic content; Carol's dissatisfaction includes romantic complications
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in Midwestern setting
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of conformity, female ambition crushed by small-town expectation, and the tragedy of wasted potential
What this book is about
Carol Milford marries a doctor and moves to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, determined to bring culture and beauty to the small town. The town, in turn, is determined to absorb her into its comfortable, complacent mediocrity. Lewis's 1920 satirical novel is a devastating portrait of provincial American smugness.
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