Books by Newton Booth Tarkington

Penrod

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(397 reviews)

Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern... See More

Harlequin and Columbine

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(11 reviews)

American novelist Booth Tarkington's life spanned the period 1869-1946, giving him a unique insight into the United States as its culture underwent a number of rapid changes. In the humorous novel Harlequin and Columbine... See More

The Conquest of Canaan

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(10 reviews)

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 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 to win the Pulitzer Prize... See More

Alice Adams

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(101 reviews)

Alice Adams is a 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington that received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was adapted as a film in 1923 by Rowland V. Lee and, more famously, in 1935 by George Stevens. The narrative centers on... See More

Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(3 reviews)

Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, William Sylvanus Baxter... See More

The Guest of Quesnay

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(3 reviews)

Alongside William Faulkner and John Updike, Booth Tarkington is one of just three authors to win the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Tarkington accomplished the feat with Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons, dramas that... See More

Beasley's Christmas Party

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(56 reviews)

A young newspaperman who has just moved to a new town overhears the wealthy politician in the house next door talking aloud to nonexistent figures. Has David Beasley gone mad, or is his imagination simply greater than his... See More

The Turmoil

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(76 reviews)

A familiar midwestern novel in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis, The Turmoil was the best-selling novel of 1915. It is set in a small, quiet city--never named but closely resembling the author's hometown... See More

Gentle Julia

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(9 reviews)

Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkington's Indiana of the early 20th Century. See More

The Two Vanrevels

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(3 reviews)

One of the most popular novels of the early twentieth century, Booth Tarkington's The Two Vanrevels is a gripping and entertaining romp that effortlessly weaves together many of the elements that define the author's oeuvre... See More

The Beautiful Lady

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(1 review)

"The Beautiful Lady", is another of the short novels from Booth Tarkington's early career. It was originally published in two parts, December of 1904 and January of 1905, in "Harper's Magazine", and then as Tarkington's... See More

The Magnificent Ambersons (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1919)

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(41 reviews)

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. It was the second novel in the Growth trilogy, which included The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National... See More

The Flirt

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(24 reviews)

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 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 to win the Pulitzer Prize... See More

Penrod and Sam

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(213 reviews)

Penrod and Sam is a novel by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1916. The book is the sequel to his 1914 work, Penrod, and focuses more on the relationship between the main character of the previous book, Penrod... See More

The Gentleman from Indiana

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(40 reviews)

There is a fertile stretch of flat lands in Indiana where unagrarian Eastern travellers, glancing from car-windows, shudder and return their eyes to interior upholstery, preferring even the swaying caparisons of a Pullman to... See More

His Own People

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(3 reviews)

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 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 to win the Pulitzer Prize... See More

In the Arena: Stories of Political Life

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(1 review)

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 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 to win the Pulitzer Prize... See More

Ramsey Milholland

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(2 reviews)

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 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 to win the Pulitzer Prize... See More

Penrod and Sam

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(116 reviews)

Penrod and Sam is a novel by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1916. The book is the sequel to his 1914 work, Penrod, and focuses more on the relationship between the main character of the previous book, Penrod... See More

Penrod

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(198 reviews)

Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern... See More

Gentle Julia

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(3 reviews)

Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkington's Indiana of the early 20th Century. See More

Alice Adams

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(85 reviews)

Alice Adams is a 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington that received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was adapted as a film in 1923 by Rowland V. Lee and, more famously, in 1935 by George Stevens. The narrative centers on... See More

Ramsey Milholland

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(2 reviews)

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 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 to win the Pulitzer Prize... See More

The Two Vanrevels

by Newton Booth Tarkington

One of the most popular novels of the early twentieth century, Booth Tarkington's The Two Vanrevels is a gripping and entertaining romp that effortlessly weaves together many of the elements that define the author's oeuvre... See More

Beasley's Christmas Party

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(25 reviews)

A young newspaperman who has just moved to a new town overhears the wealthy politician in the house next door talking aloud to nonexistent figures. Has David Beasley gone mad, or is his imagination simply greater than his... See More

The Turmoil

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(32 reviews)

A familiar midwestern novel in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis, The Turmoil was the best-selling novel of 1915. It is set in a small, quiet city--never named but closely resembling the author's hometown... See More

The Magnificent Ambersons (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1919)

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(28 reviews)

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. It was the second novel in the Growth trilogy, which included The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National... See More

In the Arena: Stories of Political Life

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(2 reviews)

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 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 to win the Pulitzer Prize... See More

Penrod and Sam

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(124 reviews)

Penrod and Sam is a novel by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1916. The book is the sequel to his 1914 work, Penrod, and focuses more on the relationship between the main character of the previous book, Penrod... See More

Penrod

by Newton Booth Tarkington

(14 reviews)

Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern... See More