Babbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis's satirical masterwork skewers the complacent middle-class American life of the 1920s through George F. Babbitt, a real estate broker in the fictional city of Zenith. Babbitt's failed attempts to break free from social conventions remain strikingly relevant today. The novel's sharp, conversational prose makes it an engaging read for language learners at the intermediate to advanced level.
"The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist."
"Las torres de Zenith se alzaban sobre la niebla matutina."
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