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Babbit

Sinclair Lewis

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Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. Largely a satire of American culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt was influential in the decision to award Lewis the Nobel Prize in literature 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".

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Apr 9th, 2015
  • Pages: 374
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.77in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9781511519410
  • Categories: • Classics• Satire• Political

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Darya Silman
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2 years

A #bookreviewer of #nonfiction and #classicalliterature 📚 A #shortstory #poetry #writer 📒 Addicted to history ✖️ A fan of Daniel Gillies🧛 and Tom Holland

Slowly #reading a 1989 book containing #Russian translations of 'Main Street' and 'Babbit' by Sinclair Lewis. I can't say I love 'Main Street': characters, setting, premise - all are stereotypes, not individuality #classical #books #Americanliterature https://t.co/ilDuykuFFz

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David Frum
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Read more at https://t.co/ncUQxYcjF4 and at https://t.co/k8AaBWWopx.

There's a funny scene in Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt where small-town business leaders explain why the Prohibition laws should not of course apply to persons like themselves. https://t.co/GhTK2jXODw

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Ron Hogan
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3 years

Ron doesn't post much here anymore. But he's on other social media platforms Elon doesn't want you to know about. And he has a book: Our Endless & Proper Work!

I’m still deep into the @LATheatreWorks audio adaptstion of Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt, but this new Ernest Hemingway production they’ve just released also sounds like it might be pretty cool. https://t.co/uZZvFADfWF

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