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Booth Tarkington

An American author.

Seventeen

William Baxter (Silly Billy) loves Lola Pratt, who talks to dog Flopit

Alice Adams

drug company employee has nagging wife, shiftless son, and dreaming daughter Alice whose hopes are dashed and enters Frincke’s Business College

Penrod

Midwest 12-year-old Penord Schofield

The Magnificent Ambersons