Babbitt (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Softcover

Sinclair Lewis; Introduction By Kenneth Kraus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593082673 ISBN 13: 9781593082673

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 2005

Synopsis

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About this title

Review:

"Full of vivid satire" (Robert McCrum Observer)

"Sinclair Lewis's wonderful demolition of the venal and pusillanimous nature of commercial America, Babbitt" (Scotland on Sunday)

"A satirical masterpiece" (Sunday Times)

"One of the century's most perceptive writers on working life" (Observer)

"His view of America was mordant, yet it was also unexpectedly loving; there is a tenderness in all three of these books that catches the reader unawares, and imbues them with a humanity that makes their satire all the more penetrating." (Washington Post)

Book Description:

From the author of It Can't Happen Here, a satirical portrait of a town obsessed by capitalism and the 'values' of the marketplace

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1593082673
• ISBN 13: 9781593082673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400