booth tarkington

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Definition of booth tarkington in English English dictionary

{i} Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946), United States novel writer and playwright

born July 29, 1869, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S. died May 19, 1946, Indianapolis U.S. novelist and dramatist. He became known for satirical and sometimes romanticized pictures of Midwesterners in humorous portrayals of boyhood and adolescence that include the young-people's classics Penrod (1914), Seventeen (1916), and Gentle Julia (1922). The trilogy Growth (1927) includes The Magnificent Ambersons (1918, Pulitzer Prize; film, 1942), which traces the decline of a once-powerful and prominent family. Alice Adams (1921; film, 1923, 1935), a searching character study, is perhaps his most finished novel

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Newton Booth Tarkington

born July 29, 1869, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S. died May 19, 1946, Indianapolis U.S. novelist and dramatist. He became known for satirical and sometimes romanticized pictures of Midwesterners in humorous portrayals of boyhood and adolescence that include the young-people's classics Penrod (1914), Seventeen (1916), and Gentle Julia (1922). The trilogy Growth (1927) includes The Magnificent Ambersons (1918, Pulitzer Prize; film, 1942), which traces the decline of a once-powerful and prominent family. Alice Adams (1921; film, 1923, 1935), a searching character study, is perhaps his most finished novel

Newton Booth Tarkington

{i} Booth Tarkington (1869-1946), United States novel writer and playwright

Hyphenation

booth Tar·king·ton

Turkish pronunciation

buth tärkîngtın

Pronunciation

/ˈbo͞oᴛʜ ˈtärkəɴɢtən/ /ˈbuːθ ˈtɑːrkɪŋtən/