Babbitt, first published in 1922, 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 on individuals toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt is one of Lewis’s most well known novels and was influential in the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature in 1930.
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- Babbitt, first published in 1922, 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 on individuals toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt is one of Lewis’s most well known novels and was influential in the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature in 1930.
- Babbitt est un roman publié par Sinclair Lewis en 1922. C'est une satire de la culture, de la société et des comportements américains, critiquant la vacuité et le conformisme de la vie de la classe moyenne aux États-Unis. L'édition de cet ouvrage en Livre de poche (1957), comporte une préface de Paul Morand. Babbitt a comme épouse Myra née Thompson, dont le père Henry est l'associé de Babbitt. Babbitt et Myra ont trois enfants: Verona, brune de 22 ans, Theodore Roosevelt (Ted) âgé de 17 ans et Catherine (Tinka), rousse de 10 ans. Babbitt habite Zenith ville de plus de 300 000 habitants dans l'État du Winnemac. Sa demeure est une maison coloniale blanche et verte faisant partie d'un groupe de trois, sur Chatham Road, dans le lotissement des Hauteurs fleuries,. Son voisin de gauche est Samuel Doppelbrau, secrétaire d'une maison d'installation de salles de bains. Son voisin de droite est Howard Littlefield, docteur en philosophie dont la fille Eunice est intime avec Ted Babbitt.
- Babbit (Babbitt) è un romanzo di Sinclair Lewis, pubblicato nel 1922. Ha avuto un notevole successo di pubblico e di critica, nella narrazione viene delineato il ritratto dello statunitense di mezza età con le classiche caratteristiche da americano medio. Il personaggio, agente immobiliare, imbevuto di mediocrità borghese, un po' alla volta inizia ad uscire dalla monotona vita che conduce, fatta di umori mutevoli, di conformismo e di noia, di inutili tentativi di evasione, una vita tutta al servizio degli affari e dell'efficienza, tutta chiesa presbiteriana e famiglia, per avere strane avventure.
- Babbitt é um livro de autoria de Sinclair Lewis publicado em 1922. Babbitt é uma sátira da vida cotidiana americana no início do século XX, em seu comportamento conformista, principalmente da classe média.
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- Babbitt, first published in 1922, 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 on individuals toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt is one of Lewis’s most well known novels and was influential in the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature in 1930.
- Babbitt est un roman publié par Sinclair Lewis en 1922. C'est une satire de la culture, de la société et des comportements américains, critiquant la vacuité et le conformisme de la vie de la classe moyenne aux États-Unis. L'édition de cet ouvrage en Livre de poche (1957), comporte une préface de Paul Morand. Babbitt a comme épouse Myra née Thompson, dont le père Henry est l'associé de Babbitt.
- Babbit (Babbitt) è un romanzo di Sinclair Lewis, pubblicato nel 1922. Ha avuto un notevole successo di pubblico e di critica, nella narrazione viene delineato il ritratto dello statunitense di mezza età con le classiche caratteristiche da americano medio.
- Babbitt é um livro de autoria de Sinclair Lewis publicado em 1922. Babbitt é uma sátira da vida cotidiana americana no início do século XX, em seu comportamento conformista, principalmente da classe média.
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