Amazon.com description: Product Description: Sinclair Lewis was one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Lewis became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature and his were noted for their critical views of American capitalism and materialism. With classics such as Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith, Lewis remains one of the most widely read authors in the world. Babbitt, published in 1922, is a satirical novel that critiqued the American middle-class. The book centers around the life of the title character.