Author · United States · 1869–1946
Booth Tarkington
American change in bright rooms; comedy and loss as cities and fortunes turn.
Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist. He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. Several of his stories were adapted to film.
Genres
Historical fiction
City, status, and change in 2026
Booth Tarkington watches technology and taste rewrite a family and a town. Charm meets cost, and progress is weighed without sourness. The tone is lively and fair. Read him to think about status, streets, and time, and to enjoy narrative that keeps feeling and judgment in balance.
