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Babbitt

By Sinclair Lewis

2019-10-01 03:03:59

Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle-class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision ... Read more
Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle-class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in literature to Lewis in 1930. The word "Babbitt" entered the English language as a "person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards". Less

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File size324.375 KB
Print pages285
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2018-01-01
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1517059224
Harry Sinclair Lewis (Feb 7, 1885 – Jan 10, 1951) was an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the N...

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