The Flirt by Booth Tarkington [ Audiobook | Mp3 ]

The Flirt by Booth Tarkington [ Audiobook | Mp3 ]

Laura and Cora Madison and their younger brother Hedrick live with their parents in a Midwestern American town that is fairly bursting with Cora’s discarded and would-be beaus. Her flirtatiousness annoys the tempestuous Hedrick but not the reserved Laura. The return to town of a handsome, charming former resident and an encounter with a deranged young person set in motion a roller-coaster of events that interweave and play out to an exciting, emotional climax. Booth Tarkington's writing is exceptionally sensitive and perceptive. A popular American novelist and dramatist, he is best remembered for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams". – Lee Smalley

Discovered this novel by accident, went on and ordered ALL books by Booth Tarkington..so witty, satirical and beautifully written..cannot put it down till finished!!

Great chracter developement..he was a Pulitzer prize winner..I can see why.

After several years of focusing on plays, Booth Tarkington returned to writing novels in 1913 with "The Flirt". Published originally in the Saturday Evening Post, from December 21st 1912 to February 15th 1913, the first of his novels to be serialized in that periodical, "The Flirt" was the first novel published after his return to the United States from Europe and his first novel to be serialized in the Saturday Evening Post. The time of from writing novels appears to have done him good, as this time he does not appear to be writing a variation on a novel he had already written. Though set in a Capitol City, a fictitious small city, like many of his previous efforts, the plot is quite different.

The title character is Cora Madison, the younger of the two Madison sisters. Cora overshadows her older sister, Laura, who is also beautiful, but whose personality is such that she is not noticed when Cora is around. Cora enjoys manipulating men, and the story opens with a new challenge arriving in the form of Valentine Corliss, a man who lived in Capitol City when he was young, but who is returning for the first time in many years. He happens to own the house that the Madison's live in, and he claims to be returning to sell it and gather as many funds as possible to invest in oil fields in southern Italy which have recently been discovered and few know about.

Other key characters include Richard Lindley, who was believed to be Cora's beau at the start of the book, but a man she has grown tired of; Ray Vilas, a former boyfriend of Cora's who has turned to drink in his frustration and still wants to win her back; Mr. Pryor, the one man who knows about Valentine Corliss' past; and Wade Trumble, another would-be suitor of Cora Madison. There is also the rest of the Madison family including Mr. and Mrs. Madison, and Laura and Cora's younger brother Hendrick, who delights in giving Cora grief over her trifling with men's hearts.

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