Sinclair Lewis eBooks
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Babbitt. E-book. Formato EPUB Sinclair Lewis - Raanan Editeur, 2022 -
Babbitt est un roman publié par Sinclair Lewis en 1922. C'est une satire de la culture, de la société et des comportements américains, critiquant la vacuité et le conformisme de la vie de la classe moyenne aux États-Unis. Sinclair Lewis est le premier romancier américain à recevoir le prix Nobel de littérature, en 1930. Présentation | George F. Babbitt a comme épouse Myra née Thompson, dont le père, Henry, est son associé. Babbitt et Myra ont trois enfants : Verona, brune de 22 ans, Theodore Roosevelt (Ted) âgé de 17 ans et Catherine (Tinka), rousse de 10 ans. Babbitt habite Zenith, ville de plus de 300 000 habitants dans l'État fictif du Winnemac (en). Sa demeure est une maison coloniale blanche et verte faisant partie d'un groupe de trois, sur Chatham Road, dans le lotissement des Hauteurs fleuries. Son voisin de gauche est Samuel Doppelbrau, secrétaire d'une maison d'installation de salles de bains. Son voisin de droite est Howard Littlefield, docteur en philosophie dont la fille Eunice est intime avec Ted Babbitt. Babbitt est un agent immobilier dont le travail consiste à pousser la vente de nouveaux lotissements à une clientèle qui n'est pas nécessairement assez riche pour se les payer. Il est actif au sein de la chambre de commerce et autres organisations de promotion des affaires et de la ville de Zenith. Complètement obnubilé par le succès matériel et l'acquisition de biens de consommation, il n'a qu'une culture très superficielle...|Wikipedia|
Babbitt. E-book. Formato EPUB Sinclair Lewis - Raanan Editeur, 2022 -
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 controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930. 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".|Lewis has been both criticized and congratulated for his unorthodox writing style in Babbitt. One reviewer said "There is no plot whatever... Babbitt simply grows two years older as the tale unfolds." Plot | Lewis presents a chronological series of scenes in the life of his title character. After introducing George F. Babbitt as a middle-aged man, "nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay," Lewis presents a meticulously detailed description of Babbitt's morning routine. Each item Babbitt encounters is explained, from the high-tech alarm clock, which Babbitt sees as a marker of social status, to the rough camp blanket, a symbol of the freedom and heroism of the West. As he dresses for the day, Babbitt contemplates each article of his "Solid Citizen" uniform, the most important being his Booster's club button, which he wears with pride. The first seven chapters follow Babbitt's life over the course of a single day. Over breakfast Babbitt dotes on his ten-year-old daughter Tinka, tries to dissuade his 22-year-old daughter Verona from her newfound socialist leanings, and encourages his 17-year-old son Ted to try harder in school. At the office he dictates letters and discusses real estate advertising with his employees...|Wikipedia|
Main Street. E-book. Formato EPUB Sinclair Lewis - Raanan Editeur, 2022 -
Main Street is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920. The story is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a fictionalized version of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's hometown. The novel takes place in the 1910s, with references to the start of World War I, the United States' entry into the war, and the years following the end of the war, including the start of Prohibition. Satirizing small town life, Main Street is perhaps Sinclair Lewis's most famous book, and led in part to his eventual 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. It relates the life and struggles of Carol Milford Kennicott as she comes into conflict with the small-town mentality of the residents of Gopher Prairie. Highly acclaimed upon publication, Main Street remains a recognized American classic. Plot |Carol Milford, the daughter of a judge, grew up in Mankato, Minnesota, and became an orphan in her teens. In college, she reads a book on village improvement in a sociology class and begins to dream of redesigning villages and towns. After college, she attends a library school in Chicago and is exposed to many radical ideas and lifestyles. She becomes a librarian in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state capital, but finds the work unrewarding. She marries Will Kennicott, a doctor, who is a small-town boy at heart...|Wikipedia|