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Carol Kennicott, caught between her desires for social reform and happiness, reflects the dilemma of America's early emancipated woman. Main Street attacks the complacency of those who are under the illusion that they have chosen their tradition.
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"A most searching and excellent piece of work; a feather in the cap of literature."
John Galsworthy
"At once an artifact and a modern classic, its characters' slang and civic amenities are exotic-their social and personal concerns wholly familiar."
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"Emerson's narration allows listeners to perfectly visualize 'emancipated woman' Carol Kennicott, 'the girl on the hilltop, credulous, plastic, young, drinking the air as she longed to drink life.'"
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