Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis - Books - Independently Published - 9798676545949 - September 2, 2020
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Babbitt

Book Excerpted; he dragged his thick legs, in faded baby-blue pajamas, from under the khaki blanket; he sat on the edge of the cot, running his fingers through his wild hair, while his plump feet mechanically felt for his slippers. He looked regretfully at the blanket--forever a suggestion to him of freedom and heroism. He had bought it for a camping trip which had never come off. It symbolized gorgeous loafing, gorgeous cursing, virile flannel shirts. He creaked to his feet, groaning at the waves of pain which passed behind his eyeballs. Though he waited for their scorching recurrence, he looked blurrily out at the yard. It delighted him, as always; it was the neat yard of a successful business man of Zenith, that is, it was perfection, and made him also perfect. He regarded the corrugated iron garage. For the three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth time in a year he reflected, "No class to that tin shack. Have to build me a frame garage. But by golly it's the only thing on the place that isn't up-to-date!" While he stare

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 2, 2020
ISBN13 9798676545949
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 308
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 18 mm   ·   453 g
Language English  

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