Babbitt

BabbittProsperous and socially prominent, George Babbitt appears to have everything a man could wish: good health, a fine family, and a profitable business in a booming Midwestern city. But the middle aged real estate agent is shaken from his self satisfaction by a growing restlessness with the limitations of his life. When a personal crisis forces a reexamination of his values, Babbitt mounts a rebellion against social expectations jeopardizing his

Frequent allusions to the parallel development of art and poetry

stage effects

Hoffmann's "The Sandman

"Vignola codified the rules of classical architecture for the Italian Renaissance

built-in bookshelves

with an easy-to-read chart and an actual-size photograph for each one

complete with border-lines where indicated

books on mathematics educations

it celebrates the art and spirit of fishing with verse

Two appendices and suggestions for supplementary reading round out the text

Architectural Ironwork

a young Scotsman orphaned by the death of his father