| Author: | Booth Tarkington | ISBN: | 1230000243811 |
| Publisher: | Sur | Publication: | June 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Booth Tarkington |
| ISBN: | 1230000243811 |
| Publisher: | Sur |
| Publication: | June 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Booth Tarkington ( 1869 – 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists (the others being William Faulkner and John Updike) to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.
He won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction twice, in 1919 and 1922, for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. In 1921 booksellers rated him "the most significant contemporary American author" in a poll conducted by Publishers' Weekly. He won the O. Henry Memorial Award in 1931 for this short story "Cider of Normandy". His works appeared frequently on best sellers lists throughout his life. In addition to his honorary doctorate from Purdue, and his honorary masters and doctorate from Princeton, Tarkington was awarded an honorary doctorate from Columbia University, the administrator of the Pulitzer Prize, and several other universities.
In this ebook:
The Magnificent Ambersons
Penrod
Penrod and Sam
Alice Adams
Seventeen, A Tale Of Youth And Summer Time And The Baxter Family Especially William
The Two Vanrevels
The Turmoil
The Gentleman From Indiana
The Conquest of Canaan
The Beautiful Lady
Beasley's Christmas Party
Ramsey Milholland
His Own People
Monsieur Beaucaire
Harlequin and Columbine
In the Arena, Stories of Political Life
The Guest of Quesnay
Gentle Julia
The Flirt
Booth Tarkington ( 1869 – 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists (the others being William Faulkner and John Updike) to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.
He won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction twice, in 1919 and 1922, for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. In 1921 booksellers rated him "the most significant contemporary American author" in a poll conducted by Publishers' Weekly. He won the O. Henry Memorial Award in 1931 for this short story "Cider of Normandy". His works appeared frequently on best sellers lists throughout his life. In addition to his honorary doctorate from Purdue, and his honorary masters and doctorate from Princeton, Tarkington was awarded an honorary doctorate from Columbia University, the administrator of the Pulitzer Prize, and several other universities.
In this ebook:
The Magnificent Ambersons
Penrod
Penrod and Sam
Alice Adams
Seventeen, A Tale Of Youth And Summer Time And The Baxter Family Especially William
The Two Vanrevels
The Turmoil
The Gentleman From Indiana
The Conquest of Canaan
The Beautiful Lady
Beasley's Christmas Party
Ramsey Milholland
His Own People
Monsieur Beaucaire
Harlequin and Columbine
In the Arena, Stories of Political Life
The Guest of Quesnay
Gentle Julia
The Flirt
