Penrod
First edition
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| Author | Booth Tarkington |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page |
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Publication date
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1914 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Followed by | Penrod and Sam |
Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In Penrod, Tarkington established characters who appeared in two further books, Penrod and Sam (1916) and Penrod Jashber (1929). The three books were published together in one volume, Penrod: His Complete Story, in 1931.
Penrod, its sequels, and characters occurring therein were adapted in numerous stage and film versions.
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