# Main Street — Character guide

> Key figures in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.

- [Carol Kennicott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/carol_kennicott.md): An idealistic young woman from St. Paul who marries a small-town doctor and struggles to reform Gopher Prairie.
- [Dr. Will Kennicott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/will_kennicott.md): Carol's pragmatic husband, a respected physician content with life in Gopher Prairie.
- [Vida Sherwin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/vida_sherwin.md): A lively schoolteacher and Carol's friend who later marries Raymie Wutherspoon.
- [Guy Pollock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/guy_pollock.md): A refined, lonely lawyer who shares Carol's intellectual interests but lacks her courage.
- [Erik Valborg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/erik_valborg.md): A dreamy young tailor with artistic sensibilities who becomes Carol's romantic interest.
- [Bea Sorenson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/bea_sorenson.md): A cheerful Swedish-American maid who works for the Kennicotts and marries Miles Bjornstam.
- [Miles Bjornstam](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/miles_bjornstam.md): A socialist handyman and outspoken critic of Gopher Prairie's conformity.
- [Cyrus N. Bogart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/cyrus_bogart.md): A gossipy, self-righteous townsman who often causes trouble for others.
- [Sam Clark](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/sam_clark.md): A friendly hardware store owner and one of Kennicott's closest friends.
- [Fern Mullins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/fern_mullins.md): A young, vivacious schoolteacher who is driven out of town by scandal.
- [Juanita Haydock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/juanita_haydock.md): A flirtatious society woman and member of the Jolly Seventeen.
- [Raymie Wutherspoon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/raymie_wutherspoon.md): A timid, earnest clerk who eventually marries Vida Sherwin.
- [Mrs. Bogart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_bogart.md): A pious, meddlesome widow who embodies the town's narrow morality.
- [Percy Bresnahan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/percy_bresnahan.md): A wealthy local boy made good, who returns as a condescending celebrity.
- [Dave Dyer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/dave_dyer.md): The town druggist and a member of the local social circle.
- [Maud Dyer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/maud_dyer.md): Dave Dyer's hypochondriac wife, often jealous of Carol.
- [Harry Haydock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/harry_haydock.md): The son of the town's leading merchant, married to Juanita.
- [Aunt Bessie Smail](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/aunt_bessie.md): Carol's aunt who raised her after her parents' death.
- [Luke Dawson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/luke_dawson.md): An elderly, miserly farmer and one of the town's wealthier citizens.
- [Uncle Whittier Smail](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/uncle_whittier.md): Carol's gruff, conservative uncle who disapproves of her ideas.
- [Dr. Terry Gould](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/terry_gould.md): A young, flashy doctor who competes with Kennicott.
- [Ezra Stowbody](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/ezra_stowbody.md): The pompous, old-fashioned president of the local bank.
- [Ella Stowbody](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/ella_stowbody.md): Ezra Stowbody's spinster daughter, a faded gentlewoman.
- [Nat Hicks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/nat_hicks.md): A local carpenter and handyman, part of the town's working class.
- [Ethel Villets](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/ethel_villets.md): A prim, gossipy librarian in Gopher Prairie.
- [James Blausser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/james_blausser.md): A bombastic booster who tries to lead a town improvement campaign.
- [Champ Perry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/champ_perry.md): An elderly pioneer and former storekeeper, respected by the community.
- [Mrs. Champ Perry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_champ_perry.md): Champ Perry's gentle, old-fashioned wife.
- [Lyman Cass](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/lyman_cass.md): The stern, silent owner of the town's flour mill.
- [Jack Elder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/jack_elder.md): A jovial, heavy-drinking traveling salesman.
- [Rita Simons](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/rita_simons.md): A pretty, flirtatious young woman in the town's social set.
- [Stewart Snyder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/stewart_snyder.md): Carol's college sweetheart from St. Paul.
- [Olaf Bjornstam](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/olaf_bjornstam.md): Miles and Bea's infant son, who dies of typhoid.
- [Del Snafflin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/del_snafflin.md): A young man who works at the drugstore and later becomes a soldier.
- [Julius Flickerbaugh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/julius_flickerbaugh.md): A fussy, owl-like lawyer in Gopher Prairie.
- [Frederick Ludelmeyer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/frederick_ludelmeyer.md): The German-born owner of the town's hotel.
- [Reverend Zitterel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/reverend_zitterel.md): The noisy, evangelical pastor of the local church.
- [Dr. Calibree](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/dr_calibree.md): An elderly, somewhat senile doctor in town.
- [Mrs. Calibree](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_calibree.md): Dr. Calibree's wife, a quiet presence in the community.
- [Mrs. McGanum](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_mcganum.md): A plump, amiable young wife in the town.
- [Mrs. Westlake](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_westlake.md): The wife of old Dr. Westlake, a kindly gossip.
- [Dr. Westlake](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/dr_westlake.md): An amiable, elderly physician nearing retirement.
- [Axel Egge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/axel_egge.md): A Swedish farmhand who works for the Dawsons.
- [Mrs. Chet Dashaway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_dashaway.md): Chet's wife, a member of the younger social set.
- [George Edwin Mott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/george_edwin_mott.md): The local school principal and professor.
- [Mrs. George Edwin Mott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_mott.md): The professor's wife, active in town affairs.
- [Mrs. Swiftwaite](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_swiftwaite.md): A small, gossipy widow in the community.
- [Mrs. Mary Ellen Wilks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_wilks.md): A poor, struggling woman with many children.
- [Mrs. Howland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_howland.md): Jim Howland's wife, a sharp-tongued woman.
- [Pete Garsheim](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/pete_garsheim.md): A Swedish laborer and friend of Miles Bjornstam.
- [Mrs. Rustad](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mrs_rustad.md): Pete Rustad's wife, a Swedish immigrant.
- [Oscarina](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/oscarina.md): A Swedish maid who works for the Kennicotts after Bea.
- [Reverend Warren](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/reverend_warren.md): A visiting minister who preaches in town.
- [Mr. Boothby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mr_boothby.md): A traveling salesman who visits Gopher Prairie.
- [Mr. Schnarken](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/main_street_se/characters/mr_schnarken.md): A German immigrant who runs a small shop.

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