"The Turmoil: A Novel" by Booth Tarkington is a compelling story from the early 1900s that examines a family navigating immense societal and industrial changes in their fast-growing Midwestern city. The book shows how ambition and the pursuit of wealth can clash with older values, particularly within the Sheridan family, where the father, James, embodies the city’s drive, and his son, Bibbs, questions the cost of progress and struggles to find his place. The scene is set by contrasting the city’s idyllic past with its smoky, chaotic present, symbolizing the shift from tradition to modernity. These stark changes are mirrored within the Sheridans, highlighting James's pride in his success and the underlying tension caused by Bibbs's discomfort with their lifestyle.
The Turmoil: A Novel
By Booth Tarkington
Amidst a city transformed by rapid growth and industrial ambition, a family grapples with the cost of progress as a son questions the values that drive his father's success.
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About the AuthorNewton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered the United States' greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film.
Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered the United States' greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film.
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