Length14h 21m
About this audiobook
George F. Babbitt as a middle-aged business man devoted to his job and social climbing. Babbitt has three children whom he encourages to try harder at school. He is professionally successful as a realtor. Much of his energy is spent on climbing the social ladder through booster functions, real estate sales, and making good with various dignitaries. After one unsuccessful dinner party, Babbitt and realizes his dissatisfaction with "The American Dream," and starts questioning his deeds and motives. Babbitt critiques the vacuity of middle-class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in literature to Sinclair Lewis. The word "Babbitt" entered the English language as a "person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards".
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology
Length14 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 17, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I
18CHAPTER XVIII
2CHAPTER II
19CHAPTER XIX
3CHAPTER III
20CHAPTER XX
4CHAPTER IV
21CHAPTER XXI
5CHAPTER V
22CHAPTER XXII
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6CHAPTER VI
23CHAPTER XXIII
7CHAPTER VII
24CHAPTER XXIV
8CHAPTER VIII
25CHAPTER XXV
9CHAPTER IX
26CHAPTER XXVI
10CHAPTER X
27CHAPTER XXVII
11CHAPTER XI
28CHAPTER XXVIII
12CHAPTER XII
29CHAPTER XXIX
13CHAPTER XIII
30CHAPTER XXX
14CHAPTER XIV
31CHAPTER XXXI
15CHAPTER XV
32CHAPTER XXXII
16CHAPTER XVI
33CHAPTER XXXIII
17CHAPTER XVII
34CHAPTER XXXIV
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