# Dr. Westlake — Main Street character guide

> Dr. Westlake in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Dr. Westlake, Westlake

**First appearance:** 0040-iv

## Who they are

An amiable, elderly physician nearing retirement.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/i)

Referenced as one of the lazy doctors Kennicott detests.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/iii)

Library-board member; well-read in verse and light fiction, quotes from the Paradiso, Don Quixote, Wilhelm Meister, and the Koran.

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