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  Author Booth Tarkington
  Country United States
  Language English
  Genre Novel
  Publisher Amereon
  Release Date June 1921
  Media Type Print ( Hardback & Paperback )
  Pages 277 p (hardback edition)
  Isbn ISBN 0891907378 (hardback edition)


''Alice Adams'' is the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Booth Tarkington which was also adapted into a 1935 comedy/drama film.


PLOT INTRODUCTION

The narrative centres arround to character of a girl who aspires to climb the social ladder. Set in a middle-class family living in America at the turn of the 20th century.


CHARACTERS IN "ALICE ADAMS"

  • Alice Adams – the main protagonist, the ambitious young girl.



FILM, TV OR THEATRICAL ADAPTATIONS

The plot of the film revolves around a social climbing girl ( Katharine Hepburn ) and her mother ( Ann Shoemaker ). It was written by Dorothy Yost , Mortimer Offner and Jane Murfin . The film was directed by George Stevens .

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Picture .


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