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Alice Adams
Record details
- ISBN: 1433247917
- ISBN: 9781433247910
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Physical Description:
1 sound file (8 hr.) : digital.
remote
access
electronic resource - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] RBdigital, 2011, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Previously released on compact disc, 2008. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Traci Svendsgaard. |
Summary, etc.: | This is the story of a middle-class family living in the industrialized "midland country" at the turn of the 20th century. It is against this dingy backdrop that Alice Adams seeks to distinguish herself. She goes to a dance in a used dress, which her mother attempts to renew by changing the lining and adding some lace. She adorns herself not with orchids sent by the florist but with a bouquet of violets she has picked herself. Because her family cannot afford to equip her with the social props or "background" so needed to shine in society. Alice is forced to make do. Ultimately, her ambitions for making a successful marriage must be tempered by the realities of her situation. Alice Adams's resiliency of spirit makes her one of Tarkington's most compelling female characters. A Pulitzer Prize--winning novel that depicts the ambitions and delusions of a middle-class Midwestern family. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires RBdigital Media Manager. System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA. |
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Subject: | Indiana Fiction Middle class families Fiction Social classes Fiction Young women Fiction |
Genre: | Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. Downloadable audio books. |