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Though 17yearold protagonist william sylvanus baxter is awkward, tactless, and often less than likable, tarkington s insightful and hilarious take on teenage life and love is sure to please readers who appreciate topnotch humor writing. Newton booth tarkington july 29, 1869 may 19, 1946 was an american novelist and dramatist best known for his pulitzer prizewinning novels the magnificent ambersons and alice adams booth tarkington was born in indianapolis, the son of john s. Newton booth tarkington july 29, 1869, indianapolis may 19, 1946 was an american novelist and. Gawky william sylvanus baxter, called willie by his family and silly billy by his friends, is smitten with the charms of blueeyed miss pratt, who is visiting. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. An adaptation of the bittersweet period piece about a young boy in young america, and the growing pains of youth. Seventeen by booth tarkington free ebook project gutenberg. Its humor is irresistible and reminiscent of the time when the reader was seventeen. Seventeen by booth tarkington full text free book part 26. Wrote seventeen, performed in the ninth midsummer festival booth tarkington plays production at the pasadena playhouse in pasadena, ca. No mature person who reads this novel will ever seriously regret his lost youth or. Seventeen by booth tarkington full text free book part 46. Although he was considered by many to be americas greatest living author in the 1910s and 1920s, being one of only three novelists to win the pulitzer prize multiple times, his works are sadly neglected today. Baxter parents of william seated in the library, mrs.
Although he is nearly forgotten today 2020, in the 1910s and 1920s he was. A view of his trousers makes willy break out in perspiration. A hundred years ago, newton booth tarkington was one of americas most celebrated and prolific authors. The service works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, ereaders, and tablets. Seventeen novelchapter 7 wikisource, the free online. Rudeness of this kind, especially in the presence of girls and women, was hard to bear, and though william sylvanus baxter had borne it. 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. Like penrod and seventeen, this book contains some remarkable phases of real boyhood and some of the best stories of juvenile prankishness that have ever been written. This publication was produced from a professional scan of an original edition of the book, which can include imperfections from the original book or through the scanning process, and has been created from an edition which we consider to be of the best possible quality available. Books by tarkington, booth sorted by popularity project. Seventeen by booth tarkington its easy to link to paragraphs in the full text archive if this page contains some material that you want to link to but you dont want your visitors to have to scroll down the whole page just hover your mouse over the relevent paragraph and click the bookmark icon that appears to the left of it. Mercury theater 15 seventeen mercury theater drama. Newton booth tarkington 1869 1946 was an enormously prolific novelist, playwright, and short story writer who chronicled urban middleclass life in the american midwest during the early twentieth century.
If it werent for the traumatic feelings of first love and what happens that seems so tragic in the eyes of the teenager, one could laugh through the. Recalling my own first love, i found myself empathizing with william at times. Newton booth tarkington was an american novelist and dramatist best known for his pulitzer prizewinning novels the magnificent ambersons and alice adams. Seventeen takes place in a small city in the midwestern united states shortly before world war i. Seventeen, a 1951 broadway musical based on booth tarkingtons novel. He was the son of john stevenson tarkington, a lawyer, and elizabeth booth tarkington. Nov 06, 2016 t hat evening, at about halfpast seven oclock, dinner being over and mr. Seventeen is not what we would today call a youngadult novel. He is best known for his novels the magnificent ambersons and alice adams, and is one of only three novelists to win the pulitzer prize for fiction more than once. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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