Penrod and SamIndiana University Press, 14. maj 2003 - 384 sider In Penrod and Sam, the imaginative adventures of Tarkington's 10-year-old Penrod Schofield continue. Penrod's sidekick is Samuel Williams, and together they improvise, causing general mischief and disorder wherever they go. In picaresque fashion, a fencing battle takes them all through the neighborhood; they narrowly escape serious injury while making boastful demonstrations with a loaded gun; they indulge in dubious "'nishiation" practices for their secret society; they steal food for the starving horse concealed in the Schofields' empty stable; they attempt to fish a cat out of a cistern using a pair of trousers; and they cause general chaos at Miss Amy Rennsdale's dance. Familiar characters from the earlier Penrod volume -- Maurice Levy, Georgie Basset, Roddy Bitts, Herman and Verman, and Marjorie Jones -- make their appearance in Penrod and Sam. This is a delightfully nostalgic look at Tarkington's turn-of-the-century Indiana. |
Indhold
I | 3 |
III | 20 |
IV | 34 |
V | 43 |
VI | 64 |
VII | 79 |
VIII | 101 |
IX | 109 |
XIV | 174 |
XV | 188 |
XVI | 202 |
XVII | 218 |
XVIII | 232 |
XIX | 257 |
XX | 271 |
XXI | 282 |