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The Booth Tarkington Collection
The Booth Tarkington Collection
The Booth Tarkington Collection
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Booth Tarkington was a prominent American author during the early 20th century and is one of only three authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.Many of Tarkington's works were satirical and centered around theAmerican society at the turn of the century.This collection includes the following:


The Magnificent Ambersons
Alice Adams
Penrod
Penrod and Sam
Seventeen
Gentle Julia
The Turmoil
The Gentleman from Indiana
The Conquest of Canaan
The Flirt
The Beautiful Lady
The Two Vanrevels
The Man from Home
In the Arena: Stories of Political Life
Monsieur Beaucaire
His Own People
The Gibson Upright
Beasley's Christmas Party
Ramsey Milholland
The Guest of Quesnay

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Release dateMar 22, 2018
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The Booth Tarkington Collection
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Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington (1869 - 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist, known for most of his career as “The Midwesterner.” Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Tarkington was a personable and charming student who studied at both Purdue and Princeton University. Earning no degrees, the young author cemented his memory and place in the society of higher education on his popularity alone—being familiar with several clubs, the college theater and voted “most popular” in the class of 1893. His writing career began just six years later with his debut novel, The Gentleman from Indiana and from there, Tarkington would enjoy two decades of critical and commercial acclaim. Coming to be known for his romanticized and picturesque depiction of the Midwest, he would become one of only four authors to win the Pulitzer Prize more than once for The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921), at one point being considered America’s greatest living author, comparable only to Mark Twain. While in the later half of the twentieth century Tarkington’s work fell into obscurity, it is undeniable that at the height of his career, Tarkington’s literary work and reputation were untouchable.

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