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" Babbitt / "
Sinclair Lewis ; edited with an introduction and notes by Gordon Hutner
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BL
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711834
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b534023
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| Main Entry
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Lewis, Sinclair,1885-1951
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| Title & Author
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Babbitt /\ Sinclair Lewis ; edited with an introduction and notes by Gordon Hutner
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010
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| Series Statement
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Oxford world's classics
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| Page. NO
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xxvii, 344 pages ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0199567697 (pbk.)
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: 9780199567690 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [xx]-xxiii)
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| Abstract
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Babbitt turns the spotlight on middle America and strips bare the hypocrisy of business practice, social mores, politics, and religious institutions. In his introduction and notes Gordon Hutner explores the novel's historical and literary contexts, and highlights its rich cultural and social references. --from publisher description
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Businessmen, Fiction
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City and town life-- Middle West, Fiction
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Conformity, Fiction
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Middle-aged men, Fiction
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Middle West, Fiction
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.52
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| LC Classification
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PS3523.E94B2 2010
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| Added Entry
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Hutner, Gordon
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