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Babbitt

Babbitt

Lewis, Sinclair

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HumorClassic FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1646795962
ISBN13: 9781646795963
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: Jan 3 1922
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.84 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

-Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt


In the novel Babbitt (1922), Sinclair Lewis created a sardonic portrait of a typical American businessman, striving to conform to the standards of the American culture of the time. Its hero is a real estate salesman who, having striven to become a solid citizen in middle America, gradually becomes aware how shallow his ideals are. After the book's publication, the term Babbitt became a popular reference to describe people who are social conformists.

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