Pocket paperback, vintage, 327 pages, used. with some signs of wear on cover, a very small stain of humidiy in the very bottom, just the first pages.- Babbit is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of the middle class life and the social pressure towards conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.