Babbitt
Zenith is the finest example of American life and prosperity to be found anywhere. Zenith is the Midwestern city where George F. Babbitt lives and works. A successful real estate agent, his business provides all the material trappings and comfort he thinks he ought to have. He is a member of all the right clubs, and unquestioningly shares the same aspirations and ideas as his friends and fellow Boosters. Yet even complacent, conformist Babbitt dreams of romance and escape.
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- Full title :Babbitt / Sinclair Lewis ; edited with an introduction and notes by Gordon Hutner.
Summary
Zenith is the finest example of American life and prosperity to be found anywhere. Zenith is the Midwestern city where George F. Babbitt lives and works. A successful real estate agent, his business provides all the material trappings and comfort he thinks he ought to have. He is a member of all the right clubs, and unquestioningly shares the same aspirations and ideas as his friends and fellow Boosters. Yet even complacent, conformist Babbitt dreams of romance and escape.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 344 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191612817, 0191612812, 9780199567690, 0199567697, 1283296853, 9781283296854
- oclc:ocn756484795
- LC Classification:PS3523.E94
- Dewey Decimal:813/.52
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Sinclair Lewis; BABBITT; Explanatory Notes.
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