Tarkington

American  

[tahr-king-tuhn] / ˈtɑr kɪŋ tən /

noun

1. (Newton) Booth, 1869–1946, U.S. novelist and playwright.

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Tarkington British  

/ ˈtɑːkɪŋtən /

noun

1. ( Newton ) Booth . 1869–1946, US novelist. His works include the historical romance Monsieur Beaucaire (1900), tales of the Middle West, such as The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921), and the series featuring the character Penrod

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Example Sentences

Before him, only Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner and John Updike had won the Pulitzer for fiction twice.

From BBC • May 4, 2020

Both are based on the Penrod stories of Booth Tarkington, and set during and after the First World War.

From The New Yorker • May 14, 2019

Manning, who came into Sunday’s 27-23 victory over Baltimore with just five touchdowns this season, is some way behind No6, Fran Tarkington, who has 342.

From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2016

It’s a nose-pressed-against-the-window peek at the patrician class — not the superrich, but the privileged, well-bred WASPs who inspired Booth Tarkington novels and, later, J. Crew catalogs.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2012

It seems to us that Booth Tarkington belongs at the top or thereabouts in American letters.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood