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Is money the root of all evil? Or does it change happiness to despair simply by existing? Booth Tarkington, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.\xa0

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The Vintage Episode for the week is \u201cPaul\u2019s Case\u201d, by Willa Cather. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday.\xa0

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This summer we are showcasing short stories that have been nominated for the O. Henry Memorial Award from 1919-1923.\xa0

Booth Tarkington won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice. Once in 1919 for his novel The Magnificent Ambersons, and also in 1923 for Alice Adams.\xa0

He was well-known and prolific, penning many best-selling novels including Penrod and Seventeen. He was also an illustrator, playwright and politician, serving one term in 1905 in the Indiana House of Representatives.\xa0

In the 1910s and 1920s, Tarkington was regarded as \u201cthe most important and lasting writer in his generation\u201d. By the end of the 20th Century, however, he had been completely ignored by academia, and in 2019 he was described by Robert Gottlieb as \u201cAmerica\u2019s most distinguished hack\u201d. Apparently, Tarkington\u2019s penchant for glorifying the past, going beyond typical nostalgia, rubbed the modern academicians the wrong way.\xa0

I think it might be time we give him another chance.\xa0

And now, \u201cThe One Hundred Dollar Bill\u201d, by Booth Tarkington.

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