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Miscellaneous letters to Helen Fox, 1933-1945
1933-01-16 Maureen Croly to Helen Fox Page 8
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8 satire, the digs at Babbitt, his family & friends, but was there ever a tavern on either side of the Atlantic which would not be equally open to satire? Kindly Hugh Walpole is himself not above poking sharp-edged fun at the life in an English cathedral city. But to me it seems that Babbit comes very well out of the ordeal of satire - he is at heart a decent sort, a little crude in some respects, but that is amply made up for by his goodness of heart. Yes, I like him, and I like his family. And think with Walpole that Babbitt is not only a "warning of our own little hypocrisies, but
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8 satire, the digs at Babbitt, his family & friends, but was there ever a tavern on either side of the Atlantic which would not be equally open to satire? Kindly Hugh Walpole is himself not above poking sharp-edged fun at the life in an English cathedral city. But to me it seems that Babbit comes very well out of the ordeal of satire - he is at heart a decent sort, a little crude in some respects, but that is amply made up for by his goodness of heart. Yes, I like him, and I like his family. And think with Walpole that Babbitt is not only a "warning of our own little hypocrisies, but
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