Alice Adams (novel)

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"Alice Adams" is a 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington that follows the social ambitions and romantic hopes of a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family, exploring themes of class, aspiration, and disillusionment in early 20th-century America.

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Alice Adams (novel) canonical 2

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedInto Alice Adams (1923 film) ⓘ
Alice Adams (1935 film) ⓘ
linked to: Alice Adams (film)
author Booth Tarkington ⓘ
awardCategory Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (now Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresIssue class mobility in the Midwest ⓘ
family dynamics under financial strain ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
firstPublicationForm book ⓘ
genre domestic fiction ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasCharacterRole Alice Adams is a socially ambitious young woman ⓘ
Arthur Russell is Alice's romantic interest ⓘ
Mrs. Adams is Alice's mother ⓘ
Virgil Adams is Alice's father ⓘ
Walter Adams is Alice's brother ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasLiteraryAward Pulitzer Prize for the Novel ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 300 ⓘ
hasProtagonistGender female ⓘ
isInPublicDomain true ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism ⓘ
literarySignificance considered a major work of Booth Tarkington ⓘ
mainCharacter Alice Adams ⓘ
Arthur Russell ⓘ
Mrs. Adams ⓘ
Virgil Adams ⓘ
Walter Adams ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorWork Booth Tarkington bibliography ⓘ
linked to: Booth Tarkington
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationYear 1921 ⓘ
publisher Doubleday, Page & Company ⓘ
linked to: Doubleday
PulitzerPrizeYear 1922 ⓘ
settingLocation Midwestern United States ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
theme appearance versus reality ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
economic insecurity ⓘ
middle-class anxiety ⓘ
romantic aspiration ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
social class ⓘ
timeOfAction early 1900s ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted post-World War I America ⓘ

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Alice Adams → basedOn → Alice Adams (novel) ⓘ
Alice Adams (film) → basedOn → Alice Adams (novel) ⓘ