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Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis
language: french
Publisher: LGF, December of 1997 ‧
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Babbitt est l'un des très rares héros de la littérature - comme Tartuffe, Don Quichotte, Don juan ou Harpagon - dont le patronyme est devenu quasi ment un nom commun.Outre-Atlantique, un " Babbitt " désigne communé ment cet Américain moyen, homme d'affaires besogneux, affilié à son club, fier de son niveau de vie et de son confort, tel qu'il pouvait fleurir durant les années 20, abeille bourdonnante et docile, habitant de ces ruches que Sinclair Lewis, dans ce classique des classiques de la littérature américaine, définit ainsi : " Tours austères d'acier, de ciment et de pierre, hardies comme des rocs et délicates comme des baguettes d'argent. Ni des citadelles, ni des églises mais franchement, magnifiquement des édifices pour bureaux. »

Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis

Property Description
ISBN: 9782253033592
Publisher: LGF
Release Date: December of 1997
Language: French
Pages: 540
Format: Book
Collection: Biblio / Romans
Categories: Books in French > Fiction > Romance
EAN: 9782253033592

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sinclair Lewis

NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 1930

American novelist and critic, born on February 7, 1885, in Minnesota, and died on January 10, 1951, in Rome. In 1902 he went to study at Oberlin Academy but eventually moved to Yale University, where he graduated in 1908. In the meantime, he participated in the Yale Literary Magazine. After his studies, he worked in advertising, but he did not stop dedicating himself to writing, an activity to which he later dedicated himself full time. He was the first writer from his country to be awarded a Nobel Prize, in 1930. The award consecrated a literary work representative of American life. Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), and Dodsworth (1929) are the most prominent works.

Sinclair Lewis. In Infopédia [Online]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2011.

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