Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Largely a satire of american culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middleclass. Babbit captures the flavor of america during the economic boom years of the 1920s, and its protagonist has become the symbol of middleclass mediocrity, his name an enduring part of the american lexicon. His masterful satire of early 20th century american life won lewis the nobel prize for. 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. Largely a satire of american culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middleclass american life and its pressure toward conformity. His masterful satire of early 20th century american life won lewis the nobel prize for literature in 1930.
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Sinclair lewis, chapter 1, babbitt, lit2go edition, 1922, accessed may 10, 2020. Known for their satirical take on modern affairs, his bestknown books include main street, arrowsmith, babbitt, and dodsworth. Sinclair lewis books biography and list of works author. Free download or read online babbitt pdf epub book. The controversy provoked by babbitt was influential in the decision to award the nobel prize in literature to lewis in 1930. This is a classic that can make us think about how we live our lives in the present. Aug 11, 2014 babbitt, lewis s eighth novel, was published in a hardback edition of some 400 pages in 1922. Babbitt became a word in our lexicon defined as a person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middleclass standards. The towers of zenith aspired above the morning mist. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are.
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