A proud possessor of a standardized home in Zenith, he returns to his wife Myra after she becomes ill and reforms his liberal ways.  
At one point in this novel a fat man recites a limerick about a lady who wished to be wild after delivering a racist polemic a against a porter named George.  Minor characters include the bohemian widow of a paper-dealer, and Vergil Gunch, who entreats the protagonist to join the Good Citizens' league.  The protagonist and his wife go on vacation to Maine after he rails on Zilla for abusing her husband, his best friend.  His children include Verona and Ted, whom he advises to become a mechanic after Paul Riesling is incarcerated for shooting his wife.  A proud possessor of a standardized home in Zenith, he returns to his wife Myra after she becomes ill and reforms his liberal ways.  FTP, name this Sinclair Lewis novel whose title character is now synonymous with conformity.
At one point in this novel a fat man recites a limerick about a lady who wished to be wild after delivering a racist polemic a against a porter named George.  
Babbitt