Babbitt

ISBN: 1441779558

Author: Sinclair Lewis

Condition: New

Review ''[It is] by its hardness, its efficiency, its compactness that Mr. Lewis' work excels.'' --Virginia Woolf''Sinclair Lewis is one of the major prophets of our time.'' -- William Allen White, Pulitzer Prize winner ''Babbitt is an authentic modern American classic, a biting satire of middle-American values that retains much of its poignancy today.'' --Library Journal''Mr. Lewis is a genius. . . an idealist, an artist.'' --London Observer Product Description Sinclair Lewis -- the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature -- paints a brilliant portrait of the middle class in the 1920s with his classic sardonic wit.On the surface, everything is all right with Babbitt's world of the solid, successful businessman. But in reality, George F. Babbitt is a lonely, middle-aged man. He doesn't understand his family, has an unsuccessful attempt at an affair, and is almost financially ruined when he dares to voice sympathy for some striking workers. Babbitt finds that his only safety lies deep in the fold of those who play it safe. He is a man who has added a new word to our language: a ''Babbitt,'' meaning someone who conforms unthinkingly, a sheep. About the Author HARRY SINCLAIR LEWIS (1885-1951) attended Yale University, where he was an editor of the literary magazine. After a few of his stories had appeared in magazines and his first novel had been published, he was able to write full time. He was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith but refused to accept it. However, he accepted the Nobel Prize awarded him in 1930, traveling to Stockholm to receive it formally.