BABBITT by Sinclair Lewis P1 - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks

BABBITT by Sinclair Lewis P1 - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks
Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. Largely a satire of American culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure toward conformity. An immediate and controversial bestseller, Babbitt is one of Lewis's best-known novels and was influential in the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature in 1930.

The word "Babbitt" entered the English language as a "person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards" (Summary adapted from wiki)

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Chapter listing and length:

01 -- Chapter 1 -- 00:26:39

02 -- Chapter 2 -- 00:20:52

03 -- Chapter 3 -- 00:29:16

04 -- Chapter 4 -- 00:25:47

05 -- Chapter 5 -- 00:35:22

06 -- Chapter 6 -- 00:47:57

07 -- Chapter 7 -- 00:24:52

08 -- Chapter 8 -- 00:39:23

09 -- Chapter 9 -- 00:20:05

10 -- Chapter 10 -- 00:30:18

11 -- Chapter 11 -- 00:12:33

12 -- Chapter 12 -- 00:08:15

13 -- Chapter 13 -- 00:38:01

14 -- Chapter 14 -- 00:30:39

15 -- Chapter 15 -- 00:25:20

16 -- Chapter 16 -- 00:19:54

17 -- Chapter 17 -- 00:22:28

18 -- Chapter 18 -- 00:23:28

19 -- Chapter 19 -- 00:29:34

20 -- Chapter 20 -- 00:13:19

21 -- Chapter 21 -- 00:12:31

22 -Chapter 22 -- 00:10:20

23 -- Chapter 23 -- 00:20:15

24 -- Chapter 24 -- 00:25:09

25 -- Chapter 25 -- 00:16:34

26 -- Chapter 26 -- 00:16:39

27 -- Chapter 27 -- 00:17:26

28 -- Chapter 28 -- 00:21:48

29 -- Chapter 29 -- 00:36:42

30 -- Chapter 30 -- 00:23:18

31 -- Chapter 31 -- 00:15:38

32 -- Chapter 32 -- 00:21:55

33 -- Chapter 33 -- 00:20:41

34 -- Chapter 34 -- 00:22:55

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[audreylahman]

Reading this book for an english class at Queens College. The writing is very detailed so I can see why alot of my classmates find this book boring. I haven't finished the book yet but I like some of Sinclair Lewis's phrases. He chooses his words very carefully. Babbitt is an interesting potrayl of Americans in the 1920's. George Babbitt represents so many Americans striving for the American Dream. We see Zenith as an example of an American city and Floral Heights a suburb. Myra Babbitt as the Good Wife sheds some light on the role of women and how they were viewed in the twenties. Verona represents the new generation as she rebels against the older generation. I think this book has been held up as a classic for the potrayl of the American Dream and America in the 1920's. Its about conformity and social heirarcy, hypocracy and Irony.

[still]

I got this book from an art professor who I'm sure was high out of his mind or just a bit off in some way. I got about half way through until life got in the way. It's nice to be able to listen this way now.

[unclemunch]

Just made it through 12+ hours of Babbitt.  As good a writer as Lewis was, and as good a job as the reader did, this was B-O-R-I-N-G!!!.   I kept hoping for someone to burst in with a shotgun and blow him away.  If anyone really likes it, please let me know why.

[billhopen]

great novel & GREAT READER! Mike Vendetti, you have a great voice, but also know how to make the character of the dialog text come alive...you are top1% quality of typical Librevox readers...thankyou

[thomashanson]

A fine reading -- one of the best I've heard -- but marred by far too many mispronunciations. I just heard "paternal" pronounced "parental, " and "belched" as "bleached." Almost every page contains similar errors, which surprise me because the voice sounds "educated." -- But I repeat: this reading is very good, and I thank everyone involved.

[Nathan.Lehigh]

I just finished chapter 3, call me crazy but I find this interesting.

[philfluther]

Like hearing a brilliant performance of 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring'.

[joebyrneMensrights]

99 years later George gets cancelled, loses everything and becomes homeless . looking up at the buildings he sees his failed goals of becoming a lawyer. In college, he dreamed of defending the poor against the "Unjust Rich, And freezes to death on a Cold Ohio day .And We learn nothing . In Babbitt 2 .

[scottiiiii]

I'm reading this for junior apenglish

[Ratbas]

The problem with the book is that central character is supposed to be a horrible and boring person and the writing is so successful at that that you hate reading it/spending time with the guy.

[pilsudski]

Can't you see Donald Trump making Babbitt's speech to the Realtor's Guild? Trump would fit right in with the Boosters at the Hotel Thornleigh barber shop!

[ladycavalier]

Thanks for putting the blip about the word "Babbitt" actually having a meaning--i always thought it was just a name! Very cool to know 😊

[nozecone]

aristocracy = "air-iss-TOCK-rassee"