Babbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
“Comfort is a cage, and the American Dream is just a well-furnished prison.”
George Babbitt has the perfect house, a successful business, and the respect of his community, yet he finds himself trapped in a hollow world of relentless social climbing. This razor-sharp satire exposes the absurdity of the American Dream through one man’s desperate, often hilarious attempt to reclaim his soul from the stifling grip of middle-class conformity.
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