Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis, Richard Lingeman

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Book cover for Babbitt
Book cover for Babbitt
Book cover for Babbitt

Babbitt

Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis, Richard Lingeman

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Description

A novel saturated with americanca s vitality (Rebecca West)-the story of a middle-class businessman and social climber whose name became synonymous with smug conformity. I wish I had written Babbitt (H. G. Wells).
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About the Author

Richard Lingeman is a senior editor of The Nation. He is the author of Small Town America, a biography of Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street.

Critical Reviews

"[It is] by its hardness, its efficiency, its compactness that Mr. Lewis's work excels."--Virginia Woolf

Publishing Information

Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
Pub date: 2002-01-08
Length: 432 pages

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