Jonathan Burchard
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Humor, satira
Seventeen (EN)
Booth Tarkington: “Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William” is a 1917 novel about 17-year-old William Sylvanus Baxter. It takes place in the Midwest just before World War I and satirises first love. “Seventeen” was first publis
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Penrod and Sam (EN)
Booth Tarkington: “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. ” “Penrod and Sam” (1916) is the seque
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Penrod (EN)
Booth Tarkington: Eleven-year-old Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke go on a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis. “Penrod” (1914) chronicles his life, loves, and mostly the trouble he gets into. His adventures in pre-World War I Midwest have be