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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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)