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100	1		_aLewis, Sinclair, _d1885-1951.
245	1	0	_aBabbitt / _cSinclair Lewis.
260			_aLondon : _bVintage, _c2006.
300			_a384 p. ; _c20 cm.
366			_b19941117 _cAvailable
500			_aOriginally published: New York: Harcourt Brace; London: Jonathan Cape, 1922.
520	8		_aGeorge E. Babbitt is a prosperous, unpleasant, real estate agent from Zenith, Ohio. His middle-class existence is shattered when his friend is convicted of murdering his wife. Babbitt tries to become a less materialistic person but to no avail. _bBY THE AUTHOR OF IT CAN'T HAPPEN HEREBusinessman George F. Babbitt loves the latest appliances, making money and the Republican party. In fact, he loves being a Solid Citizen even more than he loves his wife. But Babbitt comes to resent the middle class trappings he has worked so hard to acquire. Realising that his life is devoid of meaning, he grows determined to transcend his trivial existence and search for a greater purpose. In the economic boom years of 1920s' America, Babbitt became a symbol of middle-class mediocrity, and his name an enduring part of the American lexicon.
650		0	_aCity and town life _vFiction. _zUnited States
651		0	_aUnited States _vFiction. _xHistory _y1919-1923
655		0	_aSatire.
655		7	_aGeneral Fiction. _2ukslc
655		7	_aModern & contemporary fiction _2thema
655		7	_aClassic fiction _2thema
655		7	_aFiction: general & literary _2thema
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