The Gentleman from Indiana
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About This Book
Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was one of the most popular writers of the early 20th Century, who first achieved acclaim with his historical romance "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1900). But his more characteristic work was found in such novels as "The Gentleman from Indiana" (1899), "The Conquest of Canaan" (1905), and the trilogy consisting of "Turmoil" (1915), "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1918) and "The Midlander" (1921). He won two Pulitzer Prizes for novels, for "The Magnificent Ambersons" and for "Alice Adams" (1921). "The Magnificent Ambersons" was memorably filmed by Orson Welles in 1942. Tarking...
Chapters (21)
- THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA
- CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAME TO STAY
- CHAPTER II. THE STRANGE LADY
- CHAPTER III. LONESOMENESS
- CHAPTER IV. THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
- CHAPTER V. AT THE PASTURE BARS: ELDER-BUSHES MAY HAVE STINGS
- CHAPTER VI. JUNE
- CHAPTER VII. MORNING: “SOME IN RAGS AND SOME IN TAGS AND SOME IN VELVET
- CHAPTER VIII. GLAD AFTERNOON: THE GIRL BY THE BLUE TENT-POLE
- CHAPTER IX. NIGHT: IT IS BAD LUCK TO SING BEFORE BREAKFAST
- CHAPTER X. THE COURT-HOUSE BELL
- CHAPTER XI. JOHN BROWN'S BODY
- CHAPTER XII. JERRY THE TELLER
- “Did you bring Mr. Barrett here?”
- CHAPTER XIII. JAMES FISBEE
- CHAPTER XIV. A RESCUE
- CHAPTER XV. NETTLES
- CHAPTER XVI. PRETTY MARQUISE
- CHAPTER XVII. HELEN'S TOAST
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE TREACHERY OF H. FISBEE
- CHAPTER XIX. THE GREAT HARKLESS COMES HOME
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