This Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 72 pages, contains three short stories by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Booth Tarkington.
“Mary Smith” (first published in “The Saturday Evening Post,” August 1912) concerns a college student who falls in love with a girl on a train.
“Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction” (first published in “Good Housekeeping,” September 1912) pokes fun at the authors of adventure/romance novels.
“The Fairy Coronet” (first published in “Metropolitan” magazine, March 1917) features William Baxter (hero of Tarkington’s “Seventeen”), who becomes enthralled by an actress.
About the Author:
Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) is best known for his novels “The Magnificent Ambersons” and “Alice Adams, ” and for his young adult novels “Penrod” and “Seventeen.”
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