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Sinclair LewisBabbitt (March 10, 2009)

LibriVox recording of Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis. Read by Mike Vendetti.

(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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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox

Artist/Composer: Sinclair Lewis
Date: 2009-03-10
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; satire; middle-class America

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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