Babbitt

By Lewis, Sinclair

Book Id: WPLBN0002954639
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File Size: 387.00 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Babbitt
Author:	Lewis, Sinclair
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Babbitt
Historic Publication Date:	1922
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Lewis, B. S. (1922). Babbitt. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
(Summary by Mike Vendetti) Sinclair Lewis’ George F. Babbitt is a complicated and conflicted character. When you think you have his next move figured out he surprises you. As you begin to like him, he does something to evoke the “what a rat” response. Male menopause wasn’t a pre Great Depression term, but I would say George has all the symptoms. At a pudgy balding forty six he looks at his life, wife, family and business. He sees himself as a pretty successful business man, but when Tanis, the lonely widow has a leaky roof, he sees an opportunity for perhaps a more fulfilling relationship then he has at home. Add to Tanis a foray into radical politics, and we are about to whiteness an emotional and financial train wreck with Babbitt at the throttle. This is a long story, but well worth listening to. Human nature hasn’t changed much in the last ninety years. Enjoy the novel, Mike Vendetti

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Historical Fiction, Humor, Satire