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Author
Series
Library of America ; 319
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred .A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1949.
Language
English
Description
A humorous autobiographical play set in 1890's New York depicting the complicated, comical, and dysfunctional life of the Day family. Centered around Day's mother's attempts to adjust the family as a myriad of problems beset her four sons and demanding, yet lovable husband.
