Babbitt

By G. K. Carey

Subjects: Lewis, sinclair, 1885-1951, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Literature, history and criticism

Description: Shooting arrows at American business and the ethic of self-advancement, Lewis gives us Babbitt, a social-climbing, hopelessly middle-class oaf. By skewering the borgeousie, Babbitt gives us social criticism and a new type of character that reappears in American arts and letters.