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Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner , John Updike , and Colson Whitehead .
The Turmoil is a 1915 novel by American author Booth Tarkington. [1] [2] Written when Tarkington was about 50, it became a #1 bestseller. It deals with the transformation of idealized small town life and the relationship of a father and son. [3] It received favorable reviews from critics.
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington, the second in his Growth trilogy after The Turmoil (1915) and before The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in 1927). It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In 1925, it was adapted into the silent film Pampered Youth directed by David Smith.
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Gentle Julia is a 1922 novel by the American writer Booth Tarkington. [1] Film adaptations. The novel has twice been adapted:
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Alice Adams is a 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington that received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. [1] It was adapted as a film in 1923 by Rowland V. Lee [citation needed] and more famously in 1935 by George Stevens. [2]