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Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)


Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)

Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists (the others being William Faulkner and John Updike) to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.


Quotes·Quotations by Booth Tarkington

Automobile

¶ I'm not sure about automobiles. With all their speed forward, they may be a step backward in civilization.


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