“What is Babbitt’s profession? George F. Babbitt (1922), is a real estate dealer in Zenith, an average American city. He is married to Myra Babbitt; his children are named Verona and Ted.”
Excerpted from: Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa. Literature: The New York Public Library Book of Answers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.