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Babbitt
Overview
"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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- ISBN-13: 9781646795963
- ISBN-10: 1646795962
- Publisher: Cosimo Classics
- Publish Date: January 1922
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.84 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
- Page Count: 378
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