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Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Satirical novel about American culture, society, and middle-class pressure toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt was influential in the decision to award Lewis the Nobel Prize in literature. The word 'Babbitt' entered the English language as a person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class dogmas. Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. The first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded 'for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters.' Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Main Street, satire, humour, American, materialism, consumerism, conformity, middle-class, lost generation, American classic Sinclair Lewis,Babbitt,Main Street,satire,humour,American,materialism,consumerism,conformity,middle-class,lost generation,American classic

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Author

Sinclair Lewis

Publisher

Sovereign

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.64 / 5 (210 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14