The Late George Apley

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The Late George Apley is a Pulitzer Prize–winning satirical novel by John P. Marquand, later adapted for the stage and screen, that gently mocks the rigid social conventions of Boston’s upper class.

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instanceOf feature film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptationMedium cinema ⓘ
stage ⓘ
adaptedAs The Late George Apley (film) ⓘ
The Late George Apley (play) ⓘ
author John P. Marquand ⓘ
awardCategory Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (predecessor of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for the Novel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely praised on publication ⓘ
depicts Boston Brahmin culture ⓘ
depictsClass upper class ⓘ
fictionalForm mock biography ⓘ
genre satire ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
hasCharacterType Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Boston Brahmins
hasInfluenceOn later depictions of Boston Brahmin society ⓘ
hasSubject New England traditions ⓘ
family life ⓘ
social status ⓘ
includedIn American satirical literature canon ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle irony ⓘ
realism ⓘ
mainCharacter George Apley ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm epistolary novel ⓘ
narrativePerspective fictional editor-biographer ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of Boston upper class ⓘ
winning the Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeInSeries standalone work ⓘ
protagonist George Apley ⓘ
publicationYear 1937 ⓘ
publisher Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
PulitzerPrizeYear 1938 ⓘ
settingLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
settingRegion New England ⓘ
theme Boston upper-class society ⓘ
social conventions ⓘ
tradition versus change ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
tone gently satirical ⓘ

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George S. Kaufman → notableWork → The Late George Apley ⓘ
Taylor Holmes → notableWork → The Late George Apley ⓘ
Florence Eldridge → notableWork → The Late George Apley ⓘ
Richard Haydn → notableWork → The Late George Apley (1947 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Late George Apley
Daniel Fuchs → notableWork → The Late George Apley ⓘ
Emmet Lavery → notableWork → The Late George Apley ⓘ
John P. Marquand → notableWork → The Late George Apley ⓘ