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Alice Adams
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553214594
- ISBN 13
- 9780553214598
- Seller
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Monroe, Michigan, United States
2 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
clean, tight and square, no spine crease, text is clean and unmarked, spine and front cover along the spine are faded, tiny tears/chips along the top front cover edge, corner tips are bumped/chipped, pages and inside covers are yellowed, very light crease on the back cover bottom
Synopsis
This compelling satire details irresistible characteristics of social status in a small Midwestern town. Mr. and Mrs. Adams and their two children are members of the lower middle-class. Their daughter, Alice, wrestles with this economic classification and attempts to make the society folk of the town appreciate her. Because Alice has no social influence nor wealth and her presence is held in disregard by prospective suitors, Mrs. Adams tries to improve the situation by persuading her husband to leave a job he's held all his life and to establish a new career. After much apprehension and in possession of a glue formula stolen from his previous employer, he resigns his mediocre but satisfying employment which puts him in a predicament that leads to his professional downfall. Tarkington's understanding of class rivalries, social condescension, and financial avarice is evident in this tale where his main point indicates that in every joyless moment hope, though unexpected, is attainable. He illustrates how the Adams' laborious efforts are ultimately unsuccessful. Any intrusion by Alice and her mother on the upper class is unlikely and Tarkington's depiction of such is secretly amusing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Nook Monroe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 501367
- Title
- Alice Adams
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- first printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553214594
- ISBN 13
- 9780553214598
- Publisher
- Bantam Classic
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 277
- Size
- 12mo - over 6 3/4 - 7 3/4" tall
- Keywords
- fiction, classic, middle class family, small midwestern town America, social climbing, early 20th century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - General; Literature; Fiction - Historical;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Book Nook Monroe
Biblio member since 2022
Monroe, Michigan
About Book Nook Monroe
We were a small independent new & used bookstore established in 1969 in historic downtown Monroe, Michigan. As of September 2021 we have closed the store to the the public and have transitioned to on-line selling only. We are diligently (most days) trying to add hundreds & hundreds of (so far ignored) books in two storage units along with the new books left in our inventory. This is gonna take awhile - stay tuned.
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