Alice Adams (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social criticism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: A small Midwestern town
- Principal Characters: Alice Adams, Virgil Adams, Mrs. Adams, Walter Adams, Mildred Palmer, Arthur Russell, Mr. Lamb
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Social issues, Midwest, Hope, Small-town life, Entrepreneurship or entrepreneurs, Gossip
- Locales: Midwest (U.S.)
The Story:
Alice Adams had been reared in a town in which each person’s business was everybody’s business, sooner or later. Her father, Virgil Adams, worked for Lamb and Company, a wholesale drug factory in the town, where he also obtained a job for his son Walter. Alice had been one of the town’s young smart set while she was in high school, but when the others of the group had gone to college, Alice had remained behind because of economic reasons. As time passed, she felt increasingly alienated. To compensate for a lack of attention, Alice often attracted notice...
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