| Babbitt Contributor(s): Lewis, Sinclair (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798631664050 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.22 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
