Babbitt
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Publisher Description
This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's "Note-books."
Customer Reviews
Great book, barring two major exceptions
First, Mr. Sinclair Lewis was a phenomenal author. What is more, I respect the fact he refused his Nobel Prize for Literature on the grounds of principle, as that is a move few in history possessed sufficient spinal columns to carry out. This book is a tremendous contribution to the art, albeit not nearly as was “Main Street” but still far and above anything I could ever hope to achieve.
The first issue with this audiobook rendition was the narrator. While his voice was not displeasing, his remarkable inability to articulate the words of the book was beyond displeasing. There were countless words which were mispronounced, some which even served to change the meaning of the sentences within which they were found.
The final complaint was the fact that the end of the narration was abruptly cut-off, so we are left not knowing how the story ends.