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    Babbitt (Reader's Edition)
    Babbitt (Reader's Edition)
    Babbitt (Reader's Edition)
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    Babbitt (Reader's Edition)

    By Sinclair Lewis

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    Babbitt (1922), 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 1930.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateJan 30, 2019
    ISBN9781479441716
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