Penrod and Sam - Couverture rigide

Tarkington, Booth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0253342287 ISBN 13 : 9780253342287

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2003

Synopsis

In Penrod and Sam, the imaginative adventures of Tarkington's 10-year-old Penrod Schofield continue. Penrod's sidekick is Samuel Williams, and together they improvise, causing general mischief and disorder wherever they go. In picaresque fashion, a fencing battle takes them all through the neighborhood; they narrowly escape serious injury while making boastful demonstrations with a loaded gun; they indulge in dubious "'nishiation" practices for their secret society; they steal food for the starving horse concealed in the Schofields' empty stable; they attempt to fish a cat out of a cistern using a pair of trousers; and they cause general chaos at Miss Amy Rennsdale's dance. Familiar characters from the earlier Penrod volume-Maurice Levy, Georgie Basset, Roddy Bitts, Herman and Verman, and Marjorie Jones-make their appearance in Penrod and Sam. This is a delightfully nostalgic look at Tarkington's turn-of-the-century Indiana.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

During the daylight hours of several autumn Saturdays there had been severe outbreaks of cavalry in the Schofield neighbourhood. The sabres were of wood; the steeds were imaginary and both were employed in a game called "bonded pris'ner" by its inventors Masters Penrod Schofield and Samuel Williams. (Excerpt)

Biographie de l'auteur

Newton 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, with Philip Roth, William Faulkner and John Updike, one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253342287
• ISBN 13: 9780253342287
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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