| Babbitt: (Starbooks Classics Editions) Contributor(s): Graphics, Akira (Illustrator), Lewis, Sinclair (Author) |
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ISBN: 1499303483 ISBN-13: 9781499303483 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.83 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.16 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 16705 Reading Level: 7.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd." --- Sinclair Lewis, Babbit 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 is one of Lewis's best-known novels and was influential in the decision to award him 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". |