Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams

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Booth Tarkington’s *Alice Adams* is a 1921 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family whose social ambitions and romantic hopes clash with the rigid class expectations of her small town.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedTo film ⓘ
author Booth Tarkington ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for the Novel ⓘ
awardYear 1922 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation classic of American social realism ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
genre domestic fiction ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Alice Adams (1923 film) ⓘ
Alice Adams (1935 film) ⓘ
linked to: Alice Adams (film)
hasInfluenceOn American social-critique fiction ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Alice Adams ⓘ
isPulitzerPrizeWinningWork true ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Alice Adams ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableCharacter Arthur Russell ⓘ
Mrs. Adams ⓘ
Virgil Adams ⓘ
Walter Adams ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Booth Tarkington bibliography ⓘ
protagonistGender female ⓘ
publicationYear 1921 ⓘ
publisher Doubleday, Page & Company ⓘ
linked to: Doubleday
settingLocation Midwestern United States ⓘ
settingType small town ⓘ
subjectMatter courtship and marriage prospects ⓘ
middle-class life in the Midwest ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
theme class expectations ⓘ
economic struggle ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ
romantic aspiration ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
social class ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century ⓘ

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