George F. Babbitt sells real estate in the booming Midwestern city of Zenith, belongs to every club, admires every gadget and repeats every opinion of his neighbours. At forty-six a vague discontent sets in, and a friend’s disaster, a flirtation and a dabble in liberal politics test how far a respectable man can stray before the town pulls him back.
The 1922 satire whose hero’s name became a dictionary word for the complacent businessman. Download the free EPUB.