In the fall of 1920, Sinclair Lewis began a novel set in a fast-growing city with the heart and mind of a small town. For the center of his cutting satire of American business he created the bustling, shallow, and myopic George F. Babbitt, the epitome of middle-class mediocrity. The novel cemented Lewis's prominence as a social commentator. Babbitt basks in his pedestrian success and the popularity it has brought him. He demands high moral standards from those around him while flirting with women, and he yearns to have rich friends while shunning those less fortunate than he. But Babbitt's secure complacency is shattered when his best friend is sent to prison, and he struggles to find meaning in his hollow life. He revolts, but finds that his former routine is not so easily thrown over.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0451520521
ISBN-13
9780451520524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
122925568
Product Key Features
Book Title
Babbitt
Language
English
Publication Year
1961
Topic
General, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Sinclair Lewis
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
5 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
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