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Babbitt

Authors:Sinclair Lewis (Author), Jean Hersholt Collection of Sinclair Lewis (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress), Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)

Summary:Lewis' scathing satire of middle-class America, Babbitt explores the social pressures of conformity and materialism. It tells the story of George Babbitt, a middle-aged family man who becomes disillusioned with both conformity and his belated attempts at rebellion. Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Zenith, Babbitt offers a powerful critique of the American Dream and all it entails

Print Book, English, 1922

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Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1922

Series:

Harbrace modern classics

Genre:Satire

Physical Description:401 pages ; 20 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1024921

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.

Notes:

First ed. Page 49 exists in 2 states, of which the 1st state is the less common. Cf. Van Doren

LC copy has p. 49 in 2nd state

Source: Gift of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Feb. 12, 1980 (replacing copy 1)

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