Babbitt
por Sinclair Lewis
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Bom/Near Fine
- Livreiro
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1992. F/NF Exact facsimile first edition as published by Harcourt in 1922. The only new additions are on the copyright page and bottom of the rear flap (FEL). First Edition Library facsimiles have the same weight, size, typeface, art, dust jacket, finish, and texture as the originals. The book appears unread, is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket has some light rubbing, else bright and fine. Slipcase is Fine.
Sinclair Lewis's novel is set in a fast-growing city with the heart and mind of a small town. For the center of his cutting satire of American business he created the bustling, shallow, and myopic George F. Babbitt, the epitome of middle-class mediocrity. Babbitt basks in his pedestrian success and the popularity it has brought him. He demands high moral standards from those around him while flirting with women, and he yearns to have rich friends while shunning those less fortunate than he. But Babbitt's secure complacency is shattered when his best friend is sent to prison, and he struggles to find meaning in his hollow life. He revolts, but finds that his former routine is not so easily thrown over.
The novel cemented Lewis's prominence as a social commentator and the controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award Lewis the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930.
Sinopse
Babbitt , by Sinclair Lewis, was first published in 1922. This novel is a satire of American culture. It critiques society and the socially-acceptable behavior of middle-class American life and its pressure on individuals toward conformity.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Armadillo Alley Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 3141
- Título
- Babbitt
- Autor
- Sinclair Lewis
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardcover / Slipcase
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Near Fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- Facsimile
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- The First Edition Library
- Local de publicação
- Shelton, CT
- Data de publicação
- 1992
- Peso
- 3.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- first edition library, facsimile, satire, babbitt
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Facsimile;
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