Sinclair Lewis was an American playwright and novelist. Born in , he received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in and published his first novel, Hike and the Aeroplane, in He published Babbitt, perhaps his most fanous work, in and in he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Arrowsmith but rejected it/5(). · Babbitt, Lewis's eighth novel, was published in a hardback edition of some pages in It was an immediate bestseller, and "Babbitt" entered Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Babbitt, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in The novel’s scathing indictment of middle-class American values made Babbittry a synonym for adherence to a .
Babbitt, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in The novel's scathing indictment of middle-class American values made Babbittry a synonym for adherence to a conformist, materialistic, anti-intellectual way of life. Sinclair Lewis. After the enormous success of his novel Main Street, Sinclair Lewis turned to another icon of American life. Babbitt, first published in , is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. Largely a satire of American culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt was influential in the. Babbitt (Dover Thrift Editions) by Sinclair Lewis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru
Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in The word Babbitt entered the English language as a "person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards". There is character in spectacles—the pretentious tortoiseshell, the meek pince-nez of the school teacher, the twisted silver-framed glasses of the old villager. Babbitt's spectacles had huge, circular, frameless lenses of the very best glass; the ear-pieces were thin bars of gold. Babbitt, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in The novel’s scathing indictment of middle-class American values made Babbittry a synonym for adherence to a conformist, materialistic, anti-intellectual way of life.
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