| Description |
669 pages ; 20 cm. |
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Library of America ; 319 |
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Library of America ; 319.
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| Contents |
The magnificent Ambersons -- Alice Adams -- In the arena : stories of political life |
| Summary |
Here are three indispensable works from the Pulitzer Prize-winning laureate of the American heartland, including the novels that inspired a classic film by Orson Welles and an Oscar-nominated performance by Katharine Hepburn. The Magnificent Ambersons depicts the fall from grace of George Minafer, scion of the once-unassailable Amberson family whose wealth and grandeur are in precipitous decline. Alice Adams, perhaps Booth Tarkington's greatest work, offers a psychologically nuanced portrait of a self-aware young woman whose social prospects are rapidly diminishing. Tarkington's gifts as a story writer are displayed in the collection In the Arena: Stories of Political Life, published not long after he served as an Indiana state representative and drawing unforgettable from his firsthand encounter with the rough-and-tumble of real-world politics. With original illustrations from the first editions, helpful annotation, and a newly researched chronology of Tarkington's life and career. |
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Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
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Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.
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Children of the rich -- Fiction.
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Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Social change -- Fiction.
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Young women -- Fiction.
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Social classes -- Fiction.
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Middle class families -- Fiction.
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Indiana -- Fiction.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Mallon, Thomas, 1951- editor.
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Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Magnificent Ambersons.
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Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Alice Adams.
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Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
In the arena.
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Works. Selections
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Novels & stories |
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Novels and stories |
| ISBN |
9781598536201 (hbk.) |
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1598536206 (hbk.) |
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