Babbitt (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Sinclair Lewis
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Satirical Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Values, Family or family life, Midwest, 1920’s, Moral conditions, Liberalism, Business or business people, Conformity, Prohibition
- Locales: Zenith (fictive)
Each chapter of the novel examines a different aspect of middle-class life, following George Babbitt’s progression from discomfort with the mindless conformity of his society, to his rebellion and eventual return to conformity.
George Babbitt has a superficially perfect life as a happy husband, loving father, successful real-estate broker, and leading citizen of Zenith, yet he, like almost everyone he knows, is a hypocrite. He firmly believes in obeying all laws but speeds, supports Prohibition but drinks, is pledged to the sanctity of marriage but longs for an affair. He...
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