Автор: Tarkington Booth Название: The Gentleman from Indiana (Esprios Classics) ISBN: 1715774337 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781715774332 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 29420.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. 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. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered America's greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Booth Tarkington served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives, was critical of the advent of automobiles, and set many of his stories in the Midwest.
Автор: Tarkington, Booth Название: Penrod ISBN: 0143104853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143104858 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9810.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A timeless novel in the spirited tradition of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" One of the most popular American authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pulitzer Prize winner Booth Tarkington was acclaimed for his novels set in small Midwestern towns. "Penrod" tells of a boy growing up in Indianapolis at the turn of the twentieth century. His friends and his dog accompany him on his many jaunts, from the stage as the Child Sir Lancelot, to the playground, to school. They make names for themselves as bad boys who always have the most fun. Nearly a century after it was first published to incredible popularity and acclaim, "Penrod" remains wildly funny and entertaining to adults and children alike."
Автор: Tarkington Booth Название: The Guest of Quesnay ISBN: 1710642467 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781710642469 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14050.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In American author Booth Tarkington's best-known novels and stories, he describes the changing of the cultural guard in the United States as the moneyed aristocracy gave way to the up-and-coming robber barons and titans of industry. In The Guest of Quesnay, Tarkington casts his social scrutiny on a different continent, using the figure of an American painter in Paris as a lens through which to explore relationships between European and American attitudes and ideals.
Автор: Tarkington, Booth Название: Magnificent ambersons, large-print edition ISBN: 160096284X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781600962844 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 20830.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The history of Brown & Sharpe turns out to be not only an important technological and economic story, but also a fascinating human story. Gerald Carbone`s history of Brown & Sharpe tells the story of the company, bringing people to life, putting them into the context of Rhode Island`s and the nation`s history, and the history of technology and the political economy of the United States.
Автор: Tarkington Booth Название: Alice Adams: Vintage Movie Classics ISBN: 0804170800 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804170802 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9810.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The basis for George Stevens s major motion picture starring Katharine Hepburn in her Oscar-nominated leading role. In a small Midwestern town in the wake of World War I, Alice Adams delightedly finds herself being pursued by Arthur Russell, a gentleman of a higher social class in life. Desperate to keep her family's lower-middle-class status a secret, she and her parents concoct various schemes to keep their family afloat. Though the realities of her situation eventually reveal themselves and her relationship with Arthur fizzles, Alice's acceptance of this leads her to seek out work to support her family with an admirable resiliency. An enchanting and authentic tale of a family's aspirations to seek more out of life, "Alice Adams" reveals the strength of the human spirit and its incredible ability to evolve. Originally published in 1921, this bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was adapted into film twice, and its heroine, the sparkling Alice Adams, still resonates with readers today. With a new foreword by Anne Edwards. Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based."
Автор: Tarkington, Booth Название: The Magnificent Ambersons ISBN: 0375752501 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375752506 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Thousands of documentary and literary texts written on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Persian, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. In The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology twenty-seven experts provide a comprehensive and authoritative guide to understanding this ancient documentary evidence.
Автор: Tarkington Booth Название: Alice Adams (Esprios Classics) ISBN: 171577373X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781715773731 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 28500.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: 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 the character of a young woman (the eponymous Alice Adams) who aspires to climb the social ladder and win the affections of a wealthy young man named Arthur Russell. The story is set in a lower-middle-class household in an unnamed town in the Midwest shortly after World War I.
Автор: Tarkington Booth, Beer Jeremy Название: America Moved ISBN: 1532686447 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781532686443 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 51500.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Tarkington Booth Название: The Flirt (Esprios Classics) ISBN: 1715774213 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781715774219 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 27580.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. 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. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered America's greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Booth Tarkington served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives, was critical of the advent of automobiles, and set many of his stories in the Midwest.
Автор: Tarkington Booth Название: The Man from Home (Esprios Classics) ISBN: 1715778243 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781715778248 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22980.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. 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. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered America's greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Booth Tarkington served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives, was critical of the advent of automobiles, and set many of his stories in the Midwest.
Автор: Tarkington Newton Booth Название: Alice Adams ISBN: 1519283687 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781519283689 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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