# Horace Updike — Babbitt character guide

> Horace Updike in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Updike

**First appearance:** 0000-chapter-i

## Who they are

An architect and member of the elite set.

## In the story

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-vii)

Mentioned as making love to Lucile McKelvey in her drawing-room after a lecture.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iv)

Attempts to seduce Lucile McKelvey in her drawing-room after a lecture.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as a member of the Tonawanda Country Club.

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