num_pages: 72
description: Shooting arrows at American business and the ethic of self-advancement, Lewis gives us "Babbitt," a social-climbing, hopelessly middle-class oaf. By skewering the borgeousie, Babbitt gives us social criticism and a new type of character that reappears in American arts and letters.
language: English
title: Cliffs Notes on Lewis' Babbitt
titlecomplete: Cliffs Notes on Lewis' Babbitt
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Cliff Notes