Ep. 945, The One Hundred Dollar Bill, by Booth Tarkington
The Classic Tales Podcast
B.J. Harrison
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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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.
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This summer we are showcasing short stories that have been nominated for the O. Henry Memorial Award from 1919-1923.
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.
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.
In the 1910s and 1920s, Tarkington was regarded as "the most important and lasting writer in his generation". 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 "America's most distinguished hack". Apparently, Tarkington's penchant for glorifying the past, going beyond typical nostalgia, rubbed the modern academicians the wrong way.
I think it might be time we give him another chance.
And now, "The One Hundred Dollar Bill", by Booth Tarkington.
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| 0:00.0 | Is money the root of all evil or does it change happiness to despair simply by existing? |
| 0:09.0 | Booth Tarkington today on the Classic Tales Podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. |
| 0:27.0 | The Vintage episode for the week is Paul's case by Willa Cather. |
| 0:32.0 | Be sure to check it out on Tuesday. Paul's Case by Willa Cather. |
| 0:32.6 | Be sure to check it out on Tuesday. |
| 0:35.0 | If you have found value in the show, |
| 0:37.2 | please consider becoming a monthly supporter. |
| 0:40.2 | Help us to help other folks like you. |
| 0:43.0 | Please go to Classic Tales audiobooks.com |
| 0:46.0 | and become a monthly supporter |
| 0:48.0 | for as little as five dollars a month. |
| 0:50.0 | As a thank you gesture, |
| 0:52.0 | we'll send you a coupon code every month for $8 off any audiobook order. |
| 0:58.0 | Give more and you get more. Thanks for helping us out. |
| 1:02.0 | Go to Classic Tales audio books.com |
| 1:05.0 | and become a supporter today. |
| 1:08.0 | This summer, we are showcasing short stories |
| 1:12.0 | that have been nominated for the O'Henry Memorial Award |
| 1:15.2 | from 1919 to 1923. Booth Tarkington won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice, once in 1919 for his novel The Magnificent |
| 1:27.5 | Ambresons, and also in 1923 for Alice Adams. He was well known and prolific, penning many best-selling novels in his time, including Penrod and 17. |
| 1:40.0 | He was also an illustrator, playwright, and politician, serving one term in 1905 in the Indiana House of Representatives. |
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