The adventures of Penrod Schofield, twelve-year-old Mid-western boy. His pranks ans escapades are numerous, among them a slingshot incident, a part in a play as Child Sir Lancelot, a romance with a little girl, and a tar fight.

This early novel by Tarkington (1903) tells the story of two men vying for the attentions of the same woman, Sylvia. Mr. Sudgeberry, the narrator, is a loquacious pedant. William Fentriss is a happy-go-lucky ne'er-do-well. Comic sparks are struck as the two men seek to undermine each other in Sylvia's eyes.

Mid-uest Babbitt, whose dream bring him unhappiness.

In this southern Italian comedy of errors, American siblings Horace and Ethel Granger-Simpson attempt to have Ethel marry the Honorable Almeric St. Aubyn. The siblings must deal with their guardian-Daniel Voorhees Pike of Kokomo, Indiana-who refuses to liquidate the family fortune for the marriage. Written in Paris in 1906, this play ran in Chicago for a year and was a hit on Broadway in 1908.

Kate Fennigate was a manager, even as a young child; she influenced her mother, her schoolmates, and, particularly, her father. Because of her good manners, however, Kate was never offensive in her desire to lead. Her father, who had showed great promise as a lawyer when he was young, had permitted both women and liquor to interfere with his career. Mrs. Fennigate had no great interest in life except eating, and Mr. Fennigate had no great interest...

Character sketch of Claire and the long procession of men who loved her.

These three novels trace the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family in a fictional Midwestern town, between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America. The decline of the Ambersons is contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons and other new-money families, which did...

Exiled French nobleman in the 17th century plays a part in the romance of a high-spirited English girl and her Quaker lover.

Every summer, as the best resort from heat and the vapors, the Bullfinches, Allstovers, Timberlakes et al. go to Mary's Neck on the Maine Coast. There they loll on the beaches, collect antiques, sunburns and memories for their coming hibernations in more urban homes.