Alice Adams Author:Booth Tarkington Booth Tarkington's second novel to win the Pulitzer Prize, following The Magnificent Ambersons, Alice Adams tells the story of the eponymous Alice, a woman of modest means from a midwestern town in post-World War I America. Alice falls in love with the wealthy Arthur Russell, and must win his affections despite the challenges of class differences.
Booth Tarkington won his second Pulitzer Prize for fiction with Alice Adams. He also won for The Magnificent Ambersons. Tragic story of Alice and her family trying to live beyond their means.