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"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".

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  • ISBN-13: 9781499303483
  • ISBN-10: 1499303483
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: April 2014
  • Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.16 pounds
  • Page Count: 358

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