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Babel Tower

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Babel Tower is a novel by English author A.S. Byatt, published in 1995. It is the third novel in her quartet that chronicles the lives of three members of one family from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 to 1980.1

The novel uses the biblical story of the Tower of Babel as a reflection on the idealism and divisiveness of 1960s England. The biblical account, found in the Book of Genesis, describes a project of human pride that God thwarts by confusing the languages of the builders, leading to their dispersal. This story is often interpreted as an explanation for the diversity of human languages and a lesson in humility.2

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