Since the 1922 publication of Babbitt, its eponymous antihero-a prosperous real estate broker and relentless social climber inhabiting a Midwestern town called Zenith-has become a symbol of stultifying values and middle-class hypocrisy. At once a conformist and a rebel, George F. Babbitt represents an ordinary man whose life turns upside down during one of the most profound sea changes in American cultural history: the mechanization and hucksterism of the Roaring Twenties. Babbitt, his family, and his social circle are the very essence of the American Dream in all its glory and emptiness, and their story is a stirring portrait of a way of life in profound flux. Babbitt remains one of Sinclair Lewis's most widely read novels. Contemptible and touching, frivolous and tragic, Babbitt is a rich, complex character whose legacy carries an eerie resonance to this day.
Includes a new afterword by Azar Nafisi
Introduction by Sally E. Parry
| ISBN: | 9780451473714 |
| Publication date: | 5th May 2015 |
| Author: | Sinclair Lewis |
| Publisher: | Signet an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Series: | Signet Classics |
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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Since the 1922 publication of Babbitt, its eponymous antihero-a prosperous real estate broker and relentless social climber inhabiting a Midwestern town called Zenith-has become a symbol of stultifying values and middle-class hypocrisy. At once a conformist and a rebel, George F. Babbitt represents an ordinary man whose life turns upside down during one of the most profound sea changes in American cultural history: the mechanization and hucksterism of the Roaring Twenties. Babbitt, his family, and his social circle are the very essence of the American Dream in all its glory and emptiness, and their story is a stirring portrait of a way of life in profound flux. Babbitt remains one of Sinclair Lewis's most widely read novels. Contemptible and touching, frivolous and tragic, Babbitt is a rich, complex character whose legacy carries an eerie resonance to this day.
Includes a new afterword by Azar Nafisi
Introduction by Sally E. Parry
Babbitt features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Humorous Fiction, Satirical fiction and parodies, Narrative theme: Social issues, General Fiction, Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes
Babbitt is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Babbitt was written by Sinclair Lewis and published by Signet an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
Babbitt has 432 pages
Yes it is part of Signet Classics series
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