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"Social climber Alice tries to push her clodhopper family to the background and assumes airs to win the love of an amiable, wealthy young man."@en
"The story of the disintegration of an upper middle class, midwestern family with the father a minor drug company employee ; his nagging and socially ambitious wife ; their hopelessly shiftless son and one hopelessly romantic daughter, Alice. Alice deceives herself into believing her own fanciful explanations for the crudeness of her family."
"The Adams family, a middle class family in a midwestern town."@en
"In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "the plucky and romantic Alice tries to rise above the crudities of her hopelessly shabby background."--Amazon.com."@en
"In the wake of World War I, Alice Adams finds herself being pursued by a gentleman of higher social class. She and her family try various schemes to keep their inferior status a secret."
"Alice feels inadequate both because she is snubbed by a clique that has false standards and because she discredits her own good qualities. This story shows the growing pains of a high school girl who failed to crash small-town society."@en
"Story of a naive young woman who aspires to greater social status."@en
"Story of young woman's efforts to overcome the handicaps of little money and mediocre family."
"Story of young woman's efforts to overcome the handicaps of little money and mediocre family."@en
"This Pulitizer Prize-winning novel, perhaps Tarkington's best, tells the story of a middle-class family living in the industrialized "midland country" at the turn of the 20th century. Alice Adams's resiliency of spirit makes her one of Tarkington's most compelling female characters."@en
"The winner of the 1922 Pulitzer Prize in literature and the subject of several well-received film adaptations, Alice Adams is regarded as one of Booth Tarkington's most accomplished novels. The tale follows the exploits of the plucky young protagonist, who disregards her family's low social standing and pursues love with the well-heeled young man of her dreams."@en
"Alice Adams is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Booth Tarkington which was also adapted into a 1935 comedy/drama film.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."@en
"This is the story of a middle-class family living in the industrialized "midland country" at the turn of the 20th century. It is against this dingy backdrop that Alice Adams seeks to distinguish herself. She goes to a dance in a used dress, which her mother attempts to renew by changing the lining and adding some lace. She adorns herself not with orchids sent by the florist but with a bouquet of violets she has picked herself. Because her family cannot afford to equip her with the social props or "background" so needed to shine in society. Alice is forced to make do. Ultimately, her ambitions for making a successful marriage must be tempered by the realities of her situation. Alice Adams's resiliency of spirit makes her one of Tarkington's most compelling female characters. A Pulitzer Prize--winning novel that depicts the ambitions and delusions of a middle-class Midwestern family."@en
"This is the story of a middle-class family living in the industrialized "midland country" at the turn of the 20th century. It is against this dingy backdrop that Alice Adams seeks to distinguish herself. She goes to a dance in a used dress, which her mother attempts to renew by changing the lining and adding some lace. She adorns herself not with orchids sent by the florist but with a bouquet of violets she has picked herself. Because her family cannot afford to equip her with the social props or "background" so needed to shine in society. Alice is forced to make do. Ultimately, her ambitions for making a successful marriage must be tempered by the realities of her situation. Alice Adams's resiliency of spirit makes her one of Tarkington's most compelling female characters. A Pulitzer Prize--winning novel that depicts the ambitions and delusions of a middle-class Midwestern family."
"The story of the disintegration of an upper middle class, midwestern family with the father a minor drug company employee ; his nagging and socially ambitious wife ; their hopelessly shiftless son ; and one hopelessly romantic daughter, Alice. Alice deceives herself into believing her own fanciful explanations for the crudeness of her family."@en

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"Genres littéraires"
"Juvenile works"@en
"Juvenile works"
"Bildungsromans"
"Bildungsromans"@en
"Large type books"@en
"Electronic books"@en
"Bildungsromane"@en
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Translations"@en
"Powieść amerykańska"
"Powieść amerykańska"@pl
"Domestic fiction"
"Domestic fiction"@en

illustrator

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http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/2628444740

name

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"En familjeflicka"
"En familjeflicka, av Booth Tarkington"@en
"En familjeflicka"@sv
"Alice Adams"@es
"Alice Adams"
"Alice Adams"@en
"Alice Adams"@it
"Smuga słońca : (Alice Adams)"@pl
"Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington"@en
"Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington"
"Alice Adams : a novel"@en
"Alice Adams : a novel"
"Smuga słońca"@pl
"ALICE ADAMS"

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