Book · 1922 · Fiction

Babbitt

Name: Babbitt
Author: Sinclair Lewis

Oxford University Press · 368 pages

★ 7.1 editorial score

George Babbitt sells real estate in a booming midwestern city, loves his car, and believes whatever his club believes. When he finally tries to break out, Lewis is merciless and then unexpectedly kind.

Genre

Satire

Medium

Novel

Subject

Confirmity Middle class

Setting

American Midwest

Time

1922

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