# Verona Babbitt — Babbitt character guide > Verona Babbitt in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Verona **First appearance:** 0000-chapter-i ## Snapshot George's earnest, bookish daughter, tangled in progressive opinions and a slow courtship, forever disappointing her father's craving for pep. ## Who they are Verona reads irregular poetry, holds forth on evolution and Kenneth Escott, and cannot decide what she wants, which Babbitt takes as a personal affront. Her earnestness and her stalled romance with the highbrow Escott exasperate a father who measures worth in speed and salesmanship. She is the household's quiet reproach to Babbitt's booster creed, though neither of them quite knows it. ## Relationships ### [George F. Babbitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters/george_f_babbitt) _family_ George's serious and intellectual daughter, whose progressive views and engagement to Kenneth Escott create a generational and ideological gap between them. ### [George F. Babbitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters/george_f_babbitt) _family_ George's serious and intellectual daughter, whose progressive views and engagement to Kenneth Escott create a generational and ideological gap between them. ### [George F. Babbitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters/george_f_babbitt) _family_ George's serious and intellectual daughter, whose progressive views and engagement to Kenneth Escott create a generational and ideological gap between them. ## In the story ### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-i) Babbitt's daughter, who takes eccentric morning baths and uses a toothpaste he dislikes. He criticizes her for not knowing her own mind. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii) Mentioned as having used a strong toothpaste and taken a morning bath, leaving the bathroom floor wet. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iv) Verona is criticized by Babbitt for being fussy and uncertain, wanting to marry a millionaire while also being a socialist agitator. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-ii) Verona, just out of Bryn Mawr, argues with her father about wanting to do 'worthwhile' social work instead of pursuing a secretarial career. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii) Expresses a desire for meaningful work in settlement houses, clashing with her father's pragmatic views on career and duty. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii) Escapes after dinner without discussion, mentioned only briefly. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii) Mentioned as likely to be out late. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii) Requested to disappear to allow Babbitt to write. ### [Chapter XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-xiv) Attends the campaign speech with the family. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii) Questions her father's political views on public ownership, showing intellectual curiosity. ### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-xvii) Bonds with Kenneth Escott over shared 'radical' ideas, though they remain sensible and conservative in their views. ### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii) Spends the evening talking 'ideas' with Kenneth Escott; they discover they are 'Radicals' in a sensible, conformist way. ### [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-xviii) Now a secretary, she engages in intellectual discussions with Kenneth Escott and resists her father's romantic assumptions. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/i) Verona works as a secretary for the Gruensberg Leather Company and is described as someone who gives an impression of being on the verge of doing something desperate without ever doing it. She is courted by Kenneth Escott but insists they are just friends. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii) Confused about which side to take during the family row over Ted's behavior. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iv) Depicted as overly safe and intellectual, spending time with Kenneth Escott on statistics and lectures. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/v) Engages in long epistemological discussions with Kenneth Escott, defying conventional expectations. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/i) Mentioned as having gone to a dance after dinner; Babbitt examines her books, which include works by Conrad, Vachel Lindsay, and H.L. Mencken. ### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-xxvi) She and Kenneth Escott appear to be engaged; Escott has taken a job at a commission-house. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii) Appears to be engaged to Kenneth Escott. ### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/i) Babbitt's daughter, who is present during the morning and is sent off to her office by her mother. ### [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-xxxiv) Scolds Ted for his marriage, claiming it is different from her own; represents the conventional family reaction. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii) Marries Kenneth Escott and departs in a limousine. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/vi) Scolds Ted for his marriage, calling it dreadfully serious, and is rebuked by Babbitt. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters/verona_babbitt - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters