Booth Tarkington
Birth date: June 29, 1869
Died: May 19, 1946
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... the grandeur of the Amberson family was instantly conspicuous as a permanent thing: it was impossible to doubt that the Ambersons were entrenched, in their nobility and riches, behind polished and glittering barriers which were as solid as they were brilliant, and would last. If only, if only . ...
Knulp by Herman Hesse Knulp is intelligent and witty and everyone likes him, but he has turned his back on having a career or a home or any of the conventional trappings of success. Instead he travels around, sleeping in fields and visiting friends. Because he’s so happy and charming, he has frien...
Oops, I forgot to add my review here for 18 months :/“Late Fee” is a story about a guy with girlfriend trouble getting more than he bargained for when he stumbles across a strange video store one night. I gave this one 4.5/5 stars, and it was probably my favorite story in this issue.“Horror Junkie” ...
The World full of Lies A review on Booth Tarkington’s Alic AdamsTitle: Alice AdamsAuthor: Booth Tarkington Rank: 87th book in 2014Plot movement: 2starsEntertainment Factor: 1starCharacters: 1starWriting Style: 3starsDetails: 3starsProvoking: 3starsWorldly Relevance: 4starsSuspense: 1starConclusion:...
I'd read Tarkington's other noted book, Alice Adams, some time ago, and only remember so much of it. Ambersons seems more memorable as it progresses slowly as a morality tale set during the turn of the century. Young George Amberson Minafer grows up as a spoiled brat into an equally intolerable adul...
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