Fan CastingBabbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
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Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. 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".
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