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    <body><![CDATA[I'm currently in the middle of this book, and for me, it's one of the best books I've ever read.  I just love it.  I adore Alice and I can certainly see Katharine Hepburn playing her in the movie.  Some have said this book is &quot;too light,&quot; but I'm finding it sweet and charming.  Now, that o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67678058">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not Cheery<br/>Kind of a grim &quot;little&quot; book... (the word &quot;little&quot; seems overused in the book) about a grim little family in a grim situation.<br/>The last page is the cheeriest of the whole book.<br/>Although life has changed in the 88 years since the book was published, I can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44380346">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book by Booth Tarkington.  I found that it even made my commute enjoyable which is really saying something.  I looked forward to picking it up each day and reading it.  The characters in this book, particularly Alice herself, are likable and fascinating.  Like the Magnificent Ambersons,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42021056">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I chose this book because The Magnificent Ambersons by the same author is one of my favorite books; however, I found myself disappointed.  The plot is interesting, but it takes a very long time to develop.  If I hadn't been so determined to finish it I would have never made it the 2/3 into the book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42727160">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize for Novel 1922 (Tarkington's second Pulitzer, also <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127028.The_Magnificent_Ambersons" title="The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington">The Magnificent Ambersons</a> in 1919).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Folks were just as shallow and materialistic in the 1920's as they are now.  Reality can be harsh but often not as much as we fear.  The important thing is to endure and not take it all so dead seriously.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a tough read.  Easy to follow and very easy language, but the dread just continues to build throughout the book.  You know its going to go bad and you just have to sit and wait for everything to crumble.  This type of books makes it very hard for me to complete, as you can see by the length...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53007346">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My thoughts while reading, as well as my final review, can be found on my blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://followingpulitzer.wordpress.com">http://followingpulitzer.wordpress.com</a> ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[(Quick review, to be updated later) Won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1922.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good read for the most part.  Disappointed in the ending - left me wanting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very different novel from The Magnificent Ambersons. I found young Amberson's deficiencies much more charming, yet Alice's were far more believable, especially as she grew so at the end. The tragedy for me was truly in Mr. Adams scenario, to use the cliche 'between a rock and a hard place...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46291441">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Booth Tarkington won his second Pulitzer for this.  No other fiction author has won twice.  This is a such a trite, flat novel.  A shame that a deverving author could not have held this honor.<br/><br/>Don't read this book unless you want to see America as it was, unvarnished, with racism rampant an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9908714">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Why try to be someone you aren't?  Doesn't make sense...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book of how women, mothers, push their families to move up socially with dire results.  Captivating read, but the vacant stupidity of the women portrayed was annoying and made the reader question if Booth Tarkington even knew or liked women.]]></body>
    
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