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The story delves into the life of Alice Adams, a young woman navigating her family's struggles and her own aspirations while dealing with the complexities of social expectations. The narrative offers an exploration of the dynamics within the Adams family, particularly focusing on Alice's relationship with her father, Virgil Adams, who is recovering from illness and grappling with his job dissatisfaction.

The novel and trilogy trace the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family in an upper-scale Indianapolis neighborhood, between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America.

The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, William Sylvanus Baxter. Seventeen takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States shortly before World War I.

A late 19th-century novel about idealistic John Harkless, who comes to the fictional small town of Plattville, Indiana, to revive a local newspaper, only to find himself battling a corrupt political machine, uncovering local gangs (the White Caps), and navigating romance, all while learning about integrity, small-town life, and finding his place in the Midwest.

The Midlander by Booth Tarkington is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores the lives of the Oliphant brothers, Harlan and Dan, who represent contrasting personalities and social ideals against the backdrop of their affluent upbringing. The novel delves into themes of class, identity, and the negotiation of familial expectations as the brothers navigate their relationships and the societal pressures of their time.

The Turmoil tells the intertwined stories of the Sheridans, whose integrity wanes as their wealth increases, and the Vertrees, who remain noble but impoverished.