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Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Booth Tarkington — Story, Setting & Ideas
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An index of Booth Tarkington's works compiled by David Widger, listing twelve volumes with linked tables of contents, enabling navigation to individual chapters.
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HAPTER I. ENTER CHORUS II. A RESCUE III. OLD HOPES IV. THE DISASTER V. BEAVER BEACH VI. "YE'LL TAK' THE HIGH ROAD AND I'LL TAK' THE LOW ROAD" VII. GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME VIII. A BAD PENNY TURNS UP IX. OUTER DARKNESS X. THE TRYST XI. WHEN HALF-GODS GO XII. TO REMAIN ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE IS NOT ALWAYS A VICTORY XIII. THE WATCHER AND THE WARDEN XIV. WHITE ROSES IN A LAW-OFFICE XV. HAPPY FEAR GIVES HIMSELF UP XVI. THE TWO CANAANS XVII. MR. SHEEHAN'S HINTS XVIII. IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY XIX. ESKEW ARP XX. THREE ARE ENLISTED XXI. NORBERT WAITS FOR JOE XXII. MR. SHEEHAN SPEAKS XXIII. JOE WALKS ACROSS THE COURT-HOUSE YARD XXIV. MARTIN PIKE KEEPS AN ENGAGEMENT XXV. THE JURY COMES IN XXVI. "ANCIENT OF DAYS"
CHAPTER I. PENROD AND SAM
CHAPTER II. THE BONDED PRISONER
CHAPTER III. THE MILITARIST
CHAPTER V. THE IN-OR-IN
CHAPTER VI. GEORGIE BECOMES A MEMBER
CHAPTER VIII. SALVAGE
CHAPTER IX. REWARD OF MERIT
CHAPTER X. CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER XI. THE TONIC
CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING TROUSERS
CHAPTER XIV. CAMERA WORK IN THE JUNGLE
CHAPTER XV. A MODEL LETTER TO A FRIEND
CHAPTER XVI. WEDNESDAY MADNESS
CHAPTER XVII. PENROD'S BUSY DAY
CHAPTER XVIII. ON ACCOUNT OF THE WEATHER
CHAPTER XIX. CREATIVE ART
CHAPTER XX. THE DEPARTING GUEST
CHAPTER XXI. YEARNINGS
CHAPTER XXII. THE HORN OF FAME
CHAPTER XXIII. THE PARTY
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HEART OF MARJORIE JONES
SEVENTEEN A Tale Of Youth And Summer Time And The Baxter Family Especially William By Booth Tarkington
I. -- WILLIAM II. -- THE UNKNOWN III. -- THE PAINFUL AGE IV. -- GENESIS AND CLEMATIS V, -- SORROWS WITHIN A BOILER VI. -- TRUCULENCE VII. -- MR. BAXTER'S EVENING CLOTHES VIII. -- JANE IX. -- LITTLE SISTERS HAVE BIG EARS X. -- MR. PARCHER AND LOVE XI. -- BEGINNING A TRUE FRIENDSHIP XII. -- PROGRESS OF THE SYMPTOMS XIII. -- AT HOME TO HIS FRIENDS XIV. -- TIME DOES FLY XV. -- ROMANCE OF STATISTICS XVI. --THE SHOWER XVII. --JANE'S THEORY XVIII. -- THE BIG, FAT LUMMOX XIX. -- "I DUNNO WHY IT IS" XX. -- SYDNEY CARTON XXI. -- MY LITTLE SWEETHEARTS XXII. -- FORESHADOWINGS XXIII. -- FATHERS FORGET XXIV. -- CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN XXV. -- YOUTH AND MR. PARCHER XXVI. -- MISS BOKE XXVII. -- MAROONED XXVIII. -- RANNIE KIRSTED XXIX. -- "DON'T FORGET!" XXX. -- THE BRIDE-TO-BE
CONTENTS I. A Change of Lodging II. Music on the Pincio III. Glamour IV. Good Fellowship V. Lady Mount Rhyswicke VI. Rake's Progress VII. The Next Morning VIII. What Cornish Knew IX. Expiation X. The Cab at the Corner
CHAPTER I. A Cat Can Do More than Look at a King
CHAPTER II. Surviving Evils of the Reign of Terror
CHAPTER III. The Rogue's Gallery of a Father
CHAPTER IV. "But Spare Your Country's Flag”
CHAPTER V. Nero not the Last Violinist of his Kind
CHAPTER VI. The Ever Unpractical Feminine
CHAPTER VII. The Comedian
CHAPTER VIII. A Tale of a Political Difference
CHAPTER IX. The Rule of the Regent
CHAPTER X. Echoes of a Serenade
CHAPTER XI. A Voice in a Garden
CHAPTER XII. The Room in the Cupola
CHAPTER XIII. The Tocsin
CHAPTER XIV. The Firm of Gray and Vanrevel
CHAPTER XV. When June Came
CHAPTER XVI. "Those Endearing Young Charms”
CHAPTER XVII. The Price of Silence
CHAPTER XVIII. The Uniform
CHAPTER XIX. The Flag Goes Marching By
THE GUEST OF QUESNAY By Booth Tarkington 1915
TO OVID BUTLER JAMESON
BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY By Booth Tarkington
Illustrated By Ruth Sypherd Clements October, 1909.
HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE
IN THE ARENA Stories of Political Life
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA
CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAME TO STAY
CHAPTER II. THE STRANGE LADY
CHAPTER III. LONESOMENESS
CHAPTER IV. THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
CHAPTER V. AT THE PASTURE BARS: ELDER-BUSHES MAY HAVE STINGS
CHAPTER VII. MORNING: “SOME IN RAGS AND SOME IN TAGS AND SOME IN VELVET
CHAPTER VIII. GLAD AFTERNOON: THE GIRL BY THE BLUE TENT-POLE
CHAPTER IX. NIGHT: IT IS BAD LUCK TO SING BEFORE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER X. THE COURT-HOUSE BELL
CHAPTER XI. JOHN BROWN'S BODY
CHAPTER XII. JERRY THE TELLER
CHAPTER XIII. JAMES FISBEE
CHAPTER XIV. A RESCUE
CHAPTER XVI. PRETTY MARQUISE
CHAPTER XVII. HELEN'S TOAST
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TREACHERY OF H. FISBEE
CHAPTER XIX. THE GREAT HARKLESS COMES HOME
LORDS OF THE HOUSETOPS THIRTEEN CAT TALES
This index compiles twelve volumes of Booth Tarkington's fiction, each with a linked table of contents. The entries range from early novels like The Gentleman from Indiana to the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Magnificent Ambersons, as well as the Penrod series and shorter works such as Beasley's Christmas Party. The index is a finding aid, not a critical edition, and its value lies in the rapid access it provides to chapter-level structure across multiple titles.
Structure and Navigation
The index is organized as a list of titles, each preceded by a double hash mark. Clicking the hash opens a linked table of contents for that volume, while clicking the title itself opens the full text. This dual-link system allows a reader to either browse chapter headings or jump directly to the work. The tables of contents reproduce the original chapter titles, which in Tarkington's hands are often playful or evocative—Penrod includes chapters like “A Boy and His Dog” and “The Pageant of the Table Round,” while The Conquest of Canaan uses epigraph-style headings such as “Ye'll Tak' the High Road and I'll Tak' the Low Road.”
Range of Works
The twelve volumes span Tarkington's career from 1899 to 1921, including his most famous novels and several lesser-known pieces. The Flirt (1913) and Alice Adams (1921) are social dramas set in the Midwest, while Penrod (1914) and Seventeen (1916) are comic portraits of boyhood and adolescence. The collection also includes Monsieur Beaucaire (1900), a historical romance, and The Two Vanrevels (1902), a tale of love and dueling. Shorter works such as Harlequin and Columbine and In the Arena round out the selection, offering glimpses of Tarkington's range in form and tone.
Editorial Choices
David Widger, the editor, has compiled the index without annotation or commentary. The text is drawn from Project Gutenberg editions, and the index itself is a straightforward list. No attempt is made to group works by theme or chronology; the order appears to follow the sequence of Project Gutenberg releases. The index includes a note that clicking the title opens the original online file, and the tables of contents are linked for each volume. This minimal editorial intervention makes the index a neutral tool, useful for readers who want to locate a specific chapter or compare the structure of multiple novels.
Readers interested in Tarkington's development as a writer may use this index to trace recurring motifs—such as small-town life, adolescent mischief, or social ambition—across different works. The chapter titles themselves often signal shifts in tone, from the mock-heroic in Penrod to the ironic in The Turmoil. Because the index provides only titles and chapter headings, it invites exploration rather than analysis.
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